Keluaran 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.

Keluaran 23:17

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

Keluaran 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]  ⁶ tn “Three times” is an adverbial accusative.

[34:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “all your males.”

[34:23]  ⁸ 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]  sn The title “Lord” is included here before the divine name (translated “God” here; see Exod 23:17), perhaps to form a contrast with Baal (which means “lord” as well) and to show the sovereignty of Yahweh. But the distinct designation “the God of Israel” is certainly the point of the renewed covenant relationship.