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Where the tribes go up, even Yah`s tribes, According to an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
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A Commanded Gathering
Commentators stress that the tribes went to Jerusalem not by their own whim, but because it was a divine "ordinance." John Calvin explains this was a covenant, a specific command from God, which made their worship valid and distinct from all man-made religions. This reminds believers that gathering for worship is a direct response to God's call, not just a good habit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Where the tribes - The twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
Go up - To the great feasts and festivals of the nation. See E…
19th Century
Anglican
Unto the testimony. —This is erroneous. The words are parenthetical: There go (or, must and shall go) the tribes, the tribes o…
Baptist
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. ([Reference Psal…
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16th Century
Protestant
There the tribes ascended. David here invests Jerusalem with two titles of honor, calling it the sacred and regularly appointed place for …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord The twelve tribes of Israel; the males of them went up three times …
The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should encourage one another to …
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