Exodus 13:7

13:7 Bread made without yeast must be eaten ¹  for seven days; ²  no bread made with yeast shall be seen ³  among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.

Exodus 23:17

23:17 At ⁴  three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God. ⁵ 

Exodus 34:23

34:23 At three times ⁶  in the year all your men ⁷  must appear before the Lord God, ⁸  the God of Israel.

¹ tn The imperfect has the nuance of instruction or injunction again, but it could also be given an obligatory nuance.

² tn The construction is an adverbial accusative of time, answering how long the routine should be followed (see GKC 374 §118.k).

³ tn Or “visible to you” (B. Jacob, Exodus, 366).

⁴ tn Adverbial accusative of time: “three times” becomes “at three times.”

⁵ tn Here the divine Name reads in Hebrew הָאָדֹן יְהוָה (ha’adon yÿhvah), which if rendered according to the traditional scheme of “Lord” for “Yahweh” would result in “Lord Lord.” A number of English versions therefore render this phrase “Lord God,” and that convention has been followed here.

⁷ tn “Three times” is an adverbial accusative.

⁸ tn Heb “all your males.”

⁹ tn Here the divine name reads in Hebrew הָאָדֹן יְהוָה (ha’adon yÿhvah), which if rendered according to the traditional scheme of “Lord” for “Yahweh” would result in “Lord Lord.” A number of English versions therefore render this phrase “Lord God,” and that convention has been followed here.