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13 “Be sure to obey all of these instructions; and remember—never mention the name of any other god.[a]

14 “There are three annual religious pilgrimages you must make.[b]

15 “The first is the Pilgrimage of Unleavened Bread, when for seven days you are not to eat bread with yeast, just as I commanded you before. This celebration is to be an annual event at the regular time in March, the month you left Egypt; everyone must bring me a sacrifice at that time.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:13 never mention the name of any other god, in prayer or in taking an oath.
  2. Exodus 23:14 pilgrimages you must make, or “feasts you must celebrate.”

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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