Exodus 23:18 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Exodus 23:18

16 ^aand ^bthe Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.

17 ^a“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord¹ God.

18 ^a“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with ^bleavened bread; nor shall the fat of My¹ sacrifice remain until morning.

19 ^aThe first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. ^bYou shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

The Angel and the Promises

20 ^a“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; ^ado not provoke Him, for He will ^bnot pardon your transgressions; for ^cMy name is in Him.

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Exodus 23:14-18

Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year—This was the institution of the great religious festivals—"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover—"the feast of harvest," or pentecost—"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Exodus 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the temple, and the women frequently went. The institution of this national custom was of the greatest importance in many ways: by keeping up a national sense of religion and a public uniformity in worship, by creating a bond of unity, and also by promoting internal commerce among the people. Though the absence of all the males at these three festivals left the country defenseless, a special promise was given of divine protection, and no incursion of enemies was ever permitted to happen on those occasions.

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