Psalms 81:4

For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:

5A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

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Cross References

Numbers 28:11And in the beginnings of your months, shall ye bring near an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks and one ram, seven he-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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