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大 卫 定 此 为 以 色 列 的 律 例 典 章 , 从 那 日 直 到 今 日 。
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
forward: Heb. and forward, 1 Samuel 16:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:14 - by an ordinance Exodus 27:21 - a statute for ever Numbers 15:15 - an ordinance Numbers 27:11 - a statute Numbers 31:27 - two parts Joshua 4:9 - and they are there Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed
Cross-References
When the Lord finished speaking to Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
The servant and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, the servant said, "Now let me go back to my master."
But the servant said to them, "Do not make me wait, because the Lord has made my trip successful. Now let me go back to my master."
Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give you and your descendants all these lands, and I will keep the oath I made to Abraham your father.
Then Jacob saw the Lord standing above the ladder, and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.
I am with you and will protect you everywhere you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife, and he had sexual relations with her.
She became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.
Rachel said, "God has judged me innocent. He has listened to my prayer and has given me a son," so she named him Dan.
Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it was [so] from that day forward,.... Or "upwards" x, of old, formerly; and so may refer either to what was done at the war with Midian, Numbers 31:27; or in the times of Abraham, Genesis 14:23; and so Jarchi observes, it is not said, "henceforward", but "upwards", it being a statute and custom in the days of Abraham; the same he notes on Genesis 14:24; where he, David, learnt this from thence; though Josephus y is express for it, that this law obtained from the time of David; and such was his authority, though as yet not king, but a wise and just commander:
that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day; it appeared so reasonable and equitable, that it was always regarded and attended to.
x ומעלה "et supra", Pagninus, Montanus; "et jam olim", Tigurine version. y Antiqu. l. 6. c, 14. sect. 6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 30:25. He made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel — Nothing could be more just and proper than this law: he who stays at home to defend house and property, has an equal right to the booty taken by those who go out to the war. There was a practice of this kind among the Israelites long before this time; see Numbers 31:27; Joshua 22:8; and the note on this latter verse. Joshua 22:8.
Unto this day. — This is another indication that this book was composed long after the facts it commemorates. See the hypothesis in the preface.