King James Version
1 Samuel 30:25 in the King James Version says “And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. forward: Heb. ...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. forward: Heb. and forward”
1 Samuel 30:25 · KJV
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. forward: Heb. and forward
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; present: Heb. blessing
To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it was so from that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“forward”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“that he made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“it a statute”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“and an ordinance”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“for Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“And it was so from that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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