Bible verse
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
1 Chronicles 16:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 16.
13 O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
15 Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
16 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
21 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
KJV
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,
ASV
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
ERV
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
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