16 (A)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. (B)They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Ascribe to the Lord (A)the glory due his name;
    bring (B)an offering, and (C)come into his courts!

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(A)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house (C)that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

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11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, (A)they offered him gifts, (B)gold and (C)frankincense and (D)myrrh.

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14 (A)“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. 15 (B)You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of (C)Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. (D)None shall appear before me empty-handed. 16 You shall keep (E)the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the (F)Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. 17 (G)Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.

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20 The (A)firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And (B)none shall appear before me empty-handed.

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14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 (A)For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are (B)like a shadow, and there is no abiding.[a] 16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. 17 I know, my God, (C)that you test the heart and (D)have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect

Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: (A)3,000 talents[a] of gold, of the gold of (B)Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,[b] and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself[c] today to the Lord?”

Then (C)the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and (D)the officers over the king's work. They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 (E)darics[d] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of (F)Jehiel the Gershonite. Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a (G)whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:4 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:4 Septuagint; Hebrew houses
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:5 Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams

25 Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it[a] before the Lord. So he finished the house.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:25 Septuagint lacks with it

22 (A)You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. 23 (B)Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

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A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of (A)Midian and (B)Ephah;
    all those from (C)Sheba shall come.
(D)They shall bring gold and frankincense,
    and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
All the flocks of (E)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of (F)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
(G)they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    (H)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and (I)like doves to their windows?
For (J)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (K)the ships of Tarshish first,
(L)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (M)he has made you beautiful.

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18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.

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