Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:17
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
17. Every male to appear before (see on v. 15) Jehovah three times in the year. The substantial identity with v. 14, coupled with the different word for ‘times,’ makes it probable that the verse has been introduced here from Exo 34:23
the Lord God] i.e. the Lord, Jehovah. The title ‘Lord’ is an indication that these pilgrimages are to be observed as marks of homage and respect to Jehovah, as Sovereign of the land (Di., B.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 17. All thy males] Old men, sick men, male idiots, and male children under thirteen years of age, excepted; for so the Jewish doctors understand this command.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
To wit, such as are of competent years, and health, and strength, and such as were at their own dispose; for that servants were not bound to this may seem probable, because none of these concerned were to appear before the Lord empty, or without an offering, but the generality of servants had not any thing to offer. And the care and management of their domestic affairs did require the presence and care of many of their males.
Before the Lord God, i.e. in that place where God shall record his name, Exo 20:24, as the tabernacle or temple.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord thy God. In the city of Jerusalem, when they were come into the land of Canaan, and the temple was there built: here they were to show themselves before the Lord as being his, and devoted to his service; concerning which the Misnic doctors have the following canon c,
“all are bound to appear except a man deaf and dumb, a fool, a little one, one of neither sex, or of both sexes, women, servants not free, the lame, the blind, the sick, an old man, and he that cannot go on his feet.”
c Misn. Chagigah, c. 1. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ Three times in the year ” (i.e., according to Exo 23:14 and Deu 16:16, at the three feasts just mentioned) “ all thy males shall appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.” The command to appear, i.e., to make a pilgrimage to the sanctuary, was restricted to the male members of the nation, probably to those above 20 years of age, who had been included in the census (Num 1:3). But this did not prohibit the inclusion of women and boys (cf. 1Sa 1:3., and Luk 2:31.).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(17) Three times in the year.The terms of this verse, as compared with Exo. 23:14, limit the observance of the three festivals to the males, but add the important requirement of personal attendance at a given place. By all thy males we must understand all of full age and not incapacitated by infirmity or illness.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
17. Three times in the year That is, at the three festivals just mentioned in Exo 23:14-16.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 23:17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Ver. 17. All thy males. ] The females are not required to appear, because they were weak, and not so fit for travel. They were also the housekeepers, and sanctified in their husbands. Howbeit many of them came up to these feasts, as Hannah, 1Sa 2:19 and the Virgin Mary. Luk 2:41 And this was well accepted as a freewill offering.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
before = Hebrew “before the face of”.
THE Lord God = Hebrew. ha-‘adon Jehovah. See App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 34:23, Deu 12:5, Deu 16:16, Deu 31:11, Psa 84:7, Luk 2:42
Reciprocal: 1Sa 1:3 – yearly Psa 122:4 – Whither Isa 1:12 – When Eze 36:38 – as the flock Joh 7:2 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 23:17. All thy males All that were of competent years, and health, and strength, and at their own disposal. It is probable, servants were exempt: for none was to appear without an offering: but most of these had nothing to offer.