This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text. A collections of scriptures dealing with similar principles is hyperlinked at the end of this post.
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“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. 15You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed. 16Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. 17Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
18“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.
19“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.
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celebrate a feast = חָגַג = ḥāḡaḡ Blue Letter Bible to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate; observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy: celebrate; dance, stagger, reel; move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession
appear = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
before = פָּנִים = paniym Blue Letter Bible person; countenance; before and behind, toward, in front of; in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of; turned toward; turn one’s face toward; on account of; acts done with a solemn sense of presence; to stand before, i.e. wait upon, be in attendance on; to bow down before; in front
empty handed = רֵיקָם = rêqām Blue Letter Bible vainly, in vain, without effect, without cause, void, to no purpose; emptily; in empty condition, empty; without cause, rashly
appear = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
before = פָּנִים = paniym Blue Letter Bible person; countenance; before and behind, toward, in front of; in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of; turned toward; turn one’s face toward; on account of; acts done with a solemn sense of presence; to stand before, i.e. wait upon, be in attendance on; to bow down before; in front
choice = רֵאשִׁית = rē'šîṯ Blue Letter Bible first, beginning, best, chief; choicest; he first in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); chief(-est); principal thing; first of its kind
first fruits = בִּכּוּר = bikûr Blue Letter Bible the first of the crops and fruit that ripened and offered to God according to the ritual of Pentecost; the bread made of the new grain offered at Pentecost
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Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
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