Exodus 15:17

15:17 You will bring them in ¹  and plant them in the mountain ²  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ³  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

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.

[15:17]  ¹ tn The verb is imperfect.

[15:17]  ² sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.

[15:17]  ³ tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.

[23:17]  ⁴ tn Adverbial accusative of time: “three times” becomes “at three times.”

[23:17]  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.

[34:23]  ⁷ tn “Three times” is an adverbial accusative.

[34:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “all your males.”

[34:23]  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.