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13 “You shall take heed of all that I have said to you. Do not mention the names of other gods, nor let them be heard on your lips.

14 Feasts and Rites To Be Observed.“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast in my honor.[a]

15 “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. You must eat unleavened products for seven days, as I have commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month I brought you out of the land of Egypt. You will not appear before me empty-handed.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:14 The feasts are those of the springtime (Unleavened Bread—Passover; see Ex 12:1, 11), of the summer (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost: 34:22), and of autumn (harvest festivals or Booths: Lev 23:34-43; Deut 16:13). (See Ex 34:18-23; Num 28–29; Deut 16:1-16.)

13 “Be careful(A) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(B) do not let them be heard on your lips.(C)

The Three Annual Festivals

14 “Three times(D) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(E) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(F) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(G)

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