Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God—No command was laid on women to undertake the journeys, partly from regard to the natural weakness of their sex, and partly to their domestic cares.
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days—(See on Exodus 23:14; Leviticus 23:34; Numbers 29:12). Various conjectures have been formed to account for the appointment of this feast at the conclusion of the whole harvest. Some imagine that it was designed to remind the Israelites of the time when they had no cornfields to reap but were daily supplied with manna; others think that it suited the convenience of the people better than any other period of the year for dwelling in booths; others that it was the time of Moses' second descent from the mount; while a fourth class are of opinion that this feast was fixed to the time of the year when the Word was made flesh and dwelt—literally, "tabernacled"—among us (John 1:14), Christ being actually born at that season.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Deuteronomy 16:16:
Psalms 84:7
Psalms 120:2-3
Psalms 122:4
Isaiah 30:29
Matthew 5:21
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