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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.
BSBThree 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. (Three times in the year all thy/your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. )
SLTThree times in the year every male of thine shall be seen to the face of the Lord Jehovah.
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.)
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 Yehovah. )
ClVgTer in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo. (Ter in/into/on in_the_year apparebit everything masculinum your before Master to_God your. )
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).
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.
