1st Samuel Chapter 30 verse 25 Holy Bible
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.
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And it was [so] from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
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And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
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It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
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And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - That he made it. I.e. David. Having been thus enacted by him and practised during his life, no king henceforward would venture to change it. In the war with the Midianites Moses had ordered that half the spoil should belong to the combatants and half to the congregation who remained in the camp (Numbers 31:27). This enactment of David was in the same spirit. DAVID PROPITIATES HIS FRIENDS BY SHARING WITH THEM HIS BOOTY (vers. 26-31).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) A statute and an ordinance for Israel.--The decree that they, who for good reasons tarry with the stuff, shall share alike with those who go down to the battle, which became a received ordinance in Israel, is not without its meaning. In the Heavenly Church of God" His stateIs kingly; thousands at his bidding speed,And post o'er land and ocean without rest:They also serve who only stand and wait."MILTON: Sonnet 19Moses praying on the hill contributed to the victory over Amalek even more than Joshua fighting in the plain (Exodus 17:11). "All Christians are not of equal strength, and some follow Christ to the conflict, others tarry with the stuff. Some fight the Lord's battles in the din of active life; others, aged men and women, the Simeons and Annas of the Church . . . weak in body but strong in faith, fight with the peaceful arms of prayers and tears; Christ is omnipotent and merciful He rewards those who tarry in patience with the stuff, as well as those who go forth in the march to fight valiantly in the battle."--Bishop Hall, in Wordsworth.
