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15 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread, as I commanded you. Eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib,[a] because it was in that month that you came out of Egypt.

No one should appear before me empty-handed. 16 Observe the Harvest Festival for the early produce of your crops that you planted in the field, and the Gathering Festival at the end of the year, when you gather your crop of fruit from the field. 17 All your males should appear three times a year before the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:15 March–April, named Nisan after the exile

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(A) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(B) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(C)

16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest(D) with the firstfruits(E) of the crops you sow in your field.

“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering(F) at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.(G)

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

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