13 “Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.[a](A)

14 “Celebrate a festival in My honor three times a year.(B) 15 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib,[b] because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:13 Lit mouth
  2. Exodus 23:15 March–April; called Nisan in the post-exilic period; Neh 2:1; Est 3:7

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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