Shemoth [Exodus] 23:16, "
' 14
three times you will hold a feast to me,
in the year. 15 chag hamatstsoth you will
observe; seven days you will eat matstsoth, as i commanded you, at the appointed time, the month abib, for in it you came out from mitsrayim and none will appear before me empty. 16 and chag
haqatsiyr, the firstfruits
of your work that you sow in the field; and chag haasif on the going out of the year, at your gathering of your work from the
field. 17 three times in a
year, all your males will appear, before the face of the adon
YHWH.' "
Shemoth 34:22, "
' 22 and chag shabuoth you will prepare for yourself, the first
fruits of the harvest [qatsiyr] of wheat, and chag haasyif at the coming around
of the year. 23 three times
in the year all your males will appear before the face of the adon, YHWH, elohey of yisrael.' "
Wayiqqra [Leviticus]
Thehillah [Psalm] 50:5, " ' gather [asif] to me, my chasiyday, those
cutting my beriyth by sacrifice.' "
YeshaYahu 49:5,6, "
'5 and now, says YHWH, my former from the womb, for a servant to
him, to bring back yaaqob to him, though yisrael is not gathered, yet i am
honored in the eyes of YHWH, and elohay is my
strength. 6 and he said,
"is it too little that you should be for me, a servant to raise up the rod
[tribe] of yaaqob,
and to restore the preserved [netsiyrey] of yisrael; i will also give you for a light of the goyim, to be my
salvation to the end of the earth." ' "
YeshaYahu 57:1,2,
" ' the righteous one perishes, and no man lays it
on his heart; and men of mercy are gathered, with none discerning that from the face of evil the righteous are gathered.
he will enter shalom; they will rest on their
couches, walking in his uprightness.' "