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These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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A Lasting Ordinance
Commentators note that this verse establishes the laws of refuge as a permanent judicial statute for Israel. This wasn't a temporary suggestion but a foundational ordinance from God, designed to be followed for generations, highlighting His enduring concern for both justice and mercy.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you , &c.] A judicial law, according to which they were to p…
Presbyterian
To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide more effectively for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased,…
