(All bible verses quoted are from New King James Version, if not otherwise mentioned)
The Passover (Chag HaMatzot, Pesach), the Feast of
Tabernacles (Sukkot) and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) are three Jewish pilgrimage
festivals (Shalosh R’galim). All Israelite males were required to travel to
Jerusalem to attend the festivals. Usually, the whole family went together.
Deuteronomy
16:16 "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your
God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag
HaMatzot, Pesach), at the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), and at the Feast of
Tabernacles (Sukkot); and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
Exodus 23:14-17
Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread …. and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field. Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.