The Three Annual Festivals

¹⁴ “Three times^(A) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

¹⁷ “Three times^(A) a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.

²³ Three times^(A) a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. ²⁴ I will drive out nations^(B) before you and enlarge your territory,^(C) and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

²⁵ Three^(A) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

⁴² When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.