1 Chronicles 16:20 — Meaning and Application

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“And {when} they went from nation to nation, and from {one} kingdom to another people;”

1 Chronicles 16:20

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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord}

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. {few, even: Heb. men of number, etc}

And {when} they went from nation to nation, and from {one} kingdom to another people;

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

{Saying}, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

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1 Chronicles 16:1

"So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God."

1 Chronicles 16:2

"And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD."

1 Chronicles 16:3

"And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon {of wine}."

1 Chronicles 16:4

"And he appointed {certain} of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:"

1 Chronicles 16:5

"Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; {with psalteries...: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps}"

1 Chronicles 16:6

"Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God."

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