Exodus 34:18-23

The Covenant Renewed

18 c "You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in d the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. 19 e All that open the womb are mine, all your male 1 livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20 The f 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 g none shall appear before me empty-handed.

21 h "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 22 i You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. 23 j Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 12:15
    Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 13:4
    Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 13:2
    "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 13:13
    Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
    Numbers 18:15
    Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 23:15
    You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
    Deuteronomy 16:16
    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.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 20:9
    Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 23:16
    You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
    Deuteronomy 16:10
    Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you.
    Deuteronomy 16:13
    You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.
  8. Cross References
    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.
    Deuteronomy 16:16
    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.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.