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4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, …
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. …
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. …
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here we have, I. The pleasure which David and other pious Israelites took in approaching to and attending upon God in public ordinances, Ps. 122:1 , 2 . 1. The invitation to them was very welcome. David was himself glad, and would have every Israelite to say that he was glad, when he was called upon to go up to the house of the Lord . Note, (1.) It is the will of God that we should worship him in…
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