For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
The Israelites had just made a calf and called it a feast; now God prescribes His own feasts to guard them from that snare. Serious godliness is a continual feast, and joy in God always. Even in harvest's press, the Sabbath must not yield; the work will prosper better for honoring it than for abandoning it.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 34:18-27
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring,.... This, and another law in this verse, concerning not seething a kid in his mother's milk, are repeated from Exo 23:19. See Gill on Exo 23:19. . Exodus 34:27 exo 34:27 exo 34:27 exo 34:27And the Lord said unto Moses,....
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. (h) God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment.