For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For this was a statute for Israel... - . That is, it was a law for the whole Jewish people, for all who had the name Israel, for al…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For this. —Better, for it is a statute. Referring either to the feast itself or to the mode of celebrating it.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Take a psalm, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For this is a statute to Israel. To give greater effect to the preceding exhortation, it is taught here that this law or ordinance had bee…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For this was a statute for Israel
It was not a piece of will worship, or device of the children of Israel, but was o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his excellences and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption from sin and wrath. W…

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