# Three pilgrim feasts Deuteronomy · Draft · BSB Content revision: dc227fd4722aa0da · No editorial review date recorded [Citation / readable page](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/studies/deuteronomy/three-feasts/) [Open interactive map](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/?study=deuteronomy§ion=three-feasts) [Markdown](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/studies/deuteronomy/three-feasts/index.md) [JSON](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/studies/deuteronomy/three-feasts/index.json) Date: c. 1406 BC · Year 40, month 11 (Deuteronomy 1:3). Dated from 1 Kings 6:1 (the Exodus c. 1446 BC). Many scholars instead date the Exodus to about 1260 BC, placing these speeches about 1220 BC. Three times a year Israel’s men are to appear before the LORD at the place he chooses: at Passover, with unleavened bread, remembering the night they left Egypt in haste; at the Feast of Weeks; and at the Feast of Tabernacles, rejoicing with servants, Levites, foreigners, the fatherless and widows. No one is to come empty-handed. Deuteronomy records Moses’ last speeches to the new generation of Israel on the plains of Moab, in the fortieth year after the Exodus (1:3). It looks back over the journey from Egypt and Horeb and forward to life in the land, calling Israel to love the LORD and remember what he has done. Each section below lists what Moses recalls, with links to those events on the timeline, and where the rest of Scripture takes up the passage. The Ten Commandments, the great commandment, and the statutes for life in the land, ending with blessings and curses (4:44–28:68). ## Primary Scripture [Deuteronomy 16:1–17 (BSB)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2016%3A1%E2%80%9317&version=BSB) 16:1 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 16:2 You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. 16:3 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. 16:4 No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. 16:5 You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. 16:6 You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt. 16:7 And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents. 16:8 For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work. 16:9 You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. 16:10 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, 16:11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 16:12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes. 16:13 You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 16:14 And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 16:15 For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete. 16:16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. 16:17 Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. ## Moses looks back [Deuteronomy 16:1–8](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2016%3A1%E2%80%938&version=BSB) The Passover (Exodus 12). [The Passover](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/the-passover/) [Deuteronomy 16:3](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2016%3A3&version=BSB) Leaving Egypt in haste. [The journey begins](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/rameses/) ## Where Scripture takes it up [Luke 22:7–20](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022%3A7%E2%80%9320&version=BSB) Jesus keeps the Passover with his disciples. [The Last Supper](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/the-last-supper/) [Acts 2:1–4](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202%3A1%E2%80%934&version=BSB) The Spirit comes at Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks. [The Holy Spirit comes](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/the-holy-spirit-comes/) [John 7:37–38](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%207%3A37%E2%80%9338&version=BSB) Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles. [Feast of Tabernacles](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/feast-of-tabernacles/) ## Location evidence Plains of Moab: Approximate region. Coordinates \[longitude, latitude\]: \[35.64, 31.85\]. Classification source: editorial. Illustrative regional extent: \[\[35.56,31.77\],\[35.7,31.91\]\]; not a measured confidence interval. [Numbers 33:48–49 · extent of the camp](https://ebible.org/eng-web/NUM33.htm) ## For the class How do the feasts turn memory into celebration? ## Interpretation and reuse Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review. Record source: editorial Study guide: original editorial writing for Scripture Atlas. Place coordinates: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm [Use this atlas with AI / data documentation](https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/ai/)