16 Also you shall keep (A)the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year (B)when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. 17 (C)Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord [a]God.

18 (D)You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; (E)nor is the fat of My [b]feast to remain overnight until morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:17 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Exodus 23:18 Or festival

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

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

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

18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.(F)

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.(G)

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