“For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”
Psalms 81:4 (KJV) |
Psalms 81:4
From Psalms 81, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).
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Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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.
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.