Text: Exodus 34:22-24
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 23:14-17
Subject: three annual pilgrimage festivals
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Exodus 34:22-24 restates the three pilgrimage festival requirements first given in Exodus 23:14-17, including the Feast of Weeks (חַג שָׁבֻעֹת, chag shavu'ot) and the Feast of Ingathering (חַג הָאָסִף, chag ha'asif). Both texts require "three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD" (שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה, shalosh pe'amim bashanah). The repetition is significant because it occurs in the context of covenant renewal after the golden calf incident (Exodus 32-34), reaffirming that the worship calendar remains unchanged despite Israel's apostasy. Exodus 34:24 adds a new divine promise absent from ch. 23: "no one will covet your land" during the pilgrimages, providing additional assurance for obedience.