Psalm 78:5 {77:5}
Good News Translation
He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children,

New Revised Standard Version
He established a decree in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children;

Contemporary English Version
God gave his Law to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel. And he told our ancestors to teach their children,

New American Bible
God made a decree in Jacob, established a law in Israel: Which he commanded our ancestors, they were to teach their children;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:

for he

Psalm 81:5 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

Psalm 119:152 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.

Psalm 147:19 Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:45 And these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments, which he spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 6:7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.

Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liest down and risest up.

Isaiah 8:20 To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

Romans 3:2 Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.

1 John 5:9-12 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he hath testified of his Son. . . .

testimony.

Exodus 25:16,21 And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee. . . .

Exodus 40:3,20 And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it: . . .

that they

Psalm 78:3,4 How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us. . . .

Genesis 18:19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

Isaiah 38:19 The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make the truth known to the children.

Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
4They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done. 5And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:6That another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.…
Cross References
Exodus 10:2
And thou mayst tell in the ears of thy sons, and of thy grandsons, how often I have plagued the Egyptians, and wrought my signs amongst them: and you may know that I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:43
That your posterity may know, that I made the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacles, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old, think upon every generation: ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: thy elders and they will tell thee.

Psalm 19:7
The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.

Psalm 48:13
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.

Psalm 81:5
He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

Psalm 147:19
Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel.

Isaiah 8:20
To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make the truth known to the children.

Psalm 78:4
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