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BrLXXΤρεῖς καιροὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὀφθήσεται πᾶν ἀρσενικόν σου ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου. (Treis kairous tou eniautou ofthaʸsetai pan arsenikon sou enōpion Kuriou tou Theou sou. )
BrTrThree times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.
ULTThree times in a year, all your males shall appear to the face of the Lord Yahweh.
USTThese three times every year, all the men must gather together to worship me, the Lord Yahweh.
BSB § Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
JPSThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
ASVThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
DRAThrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.
YLT'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
DrbyThree times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.
RVThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
WbstrThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.
KJB-1769Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. (Three times in the year all thy/your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. )
KJB-1611Three times in the yeere all thy males shall appeare before the LORD God. (Three times in the year all thy/your males shall appear before the LORDGod.)
BshpsThese three times in the yere, shall all thy men chyldren appeare before the Lorde God. (These three times in the year, shall all thy/your men children appear before the Lord God.)
GnvaThese three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah. (These three times in the year shall all thy/your men children appear before the Lord Yehouah. )
CvdlThre tymes in the yeare shal euery male that thou hast, appeare before the LORDE the Gouernoure. (Thre times in the year shall every male that thou/you hast, appear before the LORD the Gouernoure.)
WyclThries in the yeer al thi male kynde schal appere bifore thi Lord God. (Thries in the year all thy/your male kind shall appere before thy/your Lord God.)
LuthDreimal im Jahr sollen erscheinen vor dem HErr’s, dem Herrscher, alle deine Mannsbilde. (Dreimal in_the year should erscheinen before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, to_him Lordscher, all your Mannsbilde.)
ClVgTer in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo. (Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum your before Master Deo tuo. )
23:14-17 God’s command was that every man in Israel must appear before . . . theLord (23:17), that is, at the Tabernacle, three times each year. While all the people were camped around the Tabernacle in the wilderness, this requirement did not create any problems. Later, when the people were dispersed throughout the land at a distance from the Tabernacle (later the Temple), it was more difficult. The stipulation seems to have been intended to keep the people from building local worship centers, which would splinter them as a people and allow for pagan influences on the worship of Yahweh. Sadly, these stipulations were not carefully carried out (see, e.g., 2 Kgs 23:21-23).
appear & to/towards face/surface_of the,Lord (Some words not found in UHB: three times in/on/at/with,year appear all/each/any/every males,your to/towards face/surface_of the,Lord YHWH )
Here, to appear to the face of the Lord Yahweh means to gather to worship. To the face is a metonym for Yahweh’s presence, referring to worship. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “must come to worship the Lord Yahweh”
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
