Thematic Bible: All males were required to attend
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"Every male must appear in the presence of the LORD your God three times a year at the place where he will choose: for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Seven Weeks, and the Festival of Tents. He must not appear in the LORD's presence empty-handed,
To it the tribes ascend the tribes of the LORD as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.
Three times during the year all your males are to appear in the presence of the LORD God of Israel,
The desolate cities will be filled with flocks of human beings, just like Jerusalem used to be filled with flocks of sheep during the times of the appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"
They thought that he was in their group of travelers. After traveling for a day, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.
When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival and because they, too, had gone to the festival.