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1 Chronicles 16:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, "
1 Chronicles 16:17
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15 Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
16 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”
19 when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
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1 Chronicles 16:1
"They brought in God’s ark, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God."
1 Chronicles 16:2
"When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the LORD’s name."
1 Chronicles 16:3
"He gave to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins."
1 Chronicles 16:4
"He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the LORD’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel:"
1 Chronicles 16:5
"Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;"
1 Chronicles 16:6
"with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God."
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