Psalms 81:4

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

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

5He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

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Cross References

Numbers 28:11“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect,

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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