Psalms 81:4

For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

In Context

3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

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Cross References

Numbers 28:11At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →

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