Parallel Verses English Standard Version “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. King James Bible Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: American Standard Version Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty: Douay-Rheims Bible Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord: English Revised Version Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Webster's Bible Translation Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Deuteronomy 16:16 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentWith regard to the Feast of Weeks (see at Exodus 23:16), it is stated that the time for its observance was to be reckoned from the Passover. Seven weeks shall they count "from the beginning of the sickle to the corn," i.e., from the time when the sickle began to be applied to the corn, or from the commencement of the corn-harvest. As the corn-harvest was opened with the presentation of the sheaf of first-fruits on the second day of the Passover, this regulation as to time coincides with the rule laid down in Leviticus 23:15. "Thou shalt keep the feast to the Lord thy God according to the measure of the free gift of thy hand, which thou givest as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee." The ἁπ. λεγ. מסּת is the standing rendering in the Chaldee for דּי, sufficiency, need; it probably signifies abundance, from מסס equals מסה, to flow, to overflow, to derive. The idea is this: Israel was to keep this feast with sacrificial gifts, which every one was able to bring, according to the extent to which the Lord had blessed him, and (Deuteronomy 16:11) to rejoice before the Lord at the place where His name dwelt with sacrificial meals, to which the needy were to be invited (cf. Deuteronomy 14:29), in remembrance of the fact that they also were bondmen in Egypt (cf. Deuteronomy 15:15). The "free-will offering of the hand," which the Israelites were to bring with them to this feast, and with which they were to rejoice before the Lord, belonged to the free-will gifts of burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, drink-offerings, and thank-offerings, which might be offered, according to Numbers 29:39 (cf. Leviticus 23:38), at every feast, along with the festal sacrifices enjoined upon the congregation. The latter were binding upon the priests and congregation, and are fully described in Numbers 28 and 29, so that there was no necessity for Moses to say anything further with reference to them. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Three times Exodus 23:14-17 Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year... and they shall Psalm 96:8 Give to the LORD the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. Mark 12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. Cross References John 7:2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. Exodus 23:14 "Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. Exodus 23:17 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD. Exodus 34:20 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed. Exodus 34:23 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. Exodus 34:24 For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year. Leviticus 23:34 "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD. Jump to Previous Appear Booths Bread Choose Chooses Empty Empty-Handed Males Tabernacles Tents Three Times Unleavened WeeksJump to Next Appear Booths Bread Choose Chooses Empty Empty-Handed Males Tabernacles Tents Three Times Unleavened WeeksLinks Deuteronomy 16:16 NIVDeuteronomy 16:16 NLT Deuteronomy 16:16 ESV Deuteronomy 16:16 NASB Deuteronomy 16:16 KJV Deuteronomy 16:16 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 16:16 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 16:16 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 16:16 French Bible Deuteronomy 16:16 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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