Exodus 34:23

34:23 At three times ¹  in the year all your men ²  must appear before the Lord God, ³  the God of Israel.

Exodus 34:14

34:14 For you must not worship ⁴  any other god, ⁵  for the Lord, whose name ⁶  is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exodus 34:26

34:26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.

You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” ⁷ 

[34:23]  ¹ tn “Three times” is an adverbial accusative.

[34:23]  ² tn Heb “all your males.”

[34:23]  ³ 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.

[34:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “bow down.”

[34:14]  ⁵ sn In Exod 20:3 it was “gods.”

[34:14]  ⁶ sn Here, too, the emphasis on God’s being a jealous God is repeated (see Exod 20:5). The use of “name” here is to stress that this is his nature, his character.

[34:26]  ⁷ sn See the note on this same command in 23:19.