Psalm 78:5 “For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel,…”

Psalm 78:5

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

World English Bible

For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

American Standard Version

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

Geneva Bible 1599

How he established a testimonie in Iaakob, and ordeined a Law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they shoulde teache their children:

Darby Translation

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

Young's Literal Translation

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

Bible in Basic English

He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

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Cross references

“For he”

Psalm 81:5 Deuteronomy 4:45 Deuteronomy 6:7 Deuteronomy 11:19 Isaiah 8:20 Romans 3:2

Psalm 81:5 · BSB

He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

Deuteronomy 4:45 · BSB

These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 6:7 · BSB

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19 · BSB

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Romans 3:2 · BSB

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

“testimony”

Exodus 25:21 Exodus 40:3 Exodus 25:16 Exodus 40:20

Exodus 25:21 · BSB

Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

Exodus 40:3 · BSB

Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Exodus 25:16 · BSB

And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

Exodus 40:20 · BSB

Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

“that they”

Ephesians 6:4 Genesis 18:19 Isaiah 38:19 Psalm 78:3 Psalm 78:4

Ephesians 6:4 · BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Genesis 18:19 · BSB

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

Isaiah 38:19 · BSB

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Psalm 78:3 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Psalm 78:4 · BSB

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

Also

Psalm 19:7

Psalm 19:7 · BSB

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

6that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

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