Exodus 23:14

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

Cross-reference

Exodus 34:22 lists the same three festivals with agricultural names, reinforcing the command to celebrate them.

Exodus 34:23 reiterates the requirement for all males to appear before the Lord three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16 repeats the three annual pilgrimage festivals, directly echoing this command.

1 Samuel 1:3 Historical context

1 Samuel 1:3 depicts Elkanah going up yearly to worship at Shiloh, directly living out the three annual pilgrimages.

1 Samuel 2:19 Historical context

1 Samuel 2:19 mentions Hannah bringing a robe each year when she came for the yearly sacrifice, a specific instance of the commanded pilgrimage.

1 Kings 9:25 explicitly says Solomon offered sacrifices three times a year, echoing the exact frequency commanded here.

2 Chronicles 8:13 names the three annual festivals—Unleavened Bread, Weeks, Tabernacles—directly fulfilling the command's requirement.

Luke 2:41 Parallel

Luke 2:41 shows Jesus' parents going to Jerusalem every year for Passover, one of the three feasts, continuing the OT practice.

Leviticus 23:5 Historical context

Leviticus 23:5 specifies the Passover date, which is part of the first festival mentioned here.

Leviticus 23:16 Historical context

Leviticus 23:16 gives the counting instruction for the Feast of Weeks, the second annual festival.

Leviticus 23:34 Historical context

Leviticus 23:34 establishes the dates for the Festival of Tabernacles, the third festival commanded here.

Ezekiel 46:9 Historical context

Ezekiel 46:9 gives temple entry rules for the appointed feasts, presupposing the three annual pilgrimages commanded here.

Judges 21:19 Historical context

Judges 21:19 shows the annual festival at Shiloh in practice, illustrating the three-yearly pilgrimages commanded here.

John 5:1 Parallel

John 5:1 mentions Jesus attending a Jewish festival in Jerusalem, likely one of the three annual pilgrimages from this command.