when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
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when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
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When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
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When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 34:30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
- Deuteronomy 7:7 Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
- Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, unto the…
Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, unto the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. when ye were] Psa_105:12 when they were.
19. when ye were] Psa_105:12 when they were.
strangers] R.V. sojourners. The patriarchs were not simply strangers, but strangers who made a long sojourn in Canaan.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) The fourth strophe of Psalms 105 begins here.
(19) The fourth strophe of Psalms 105 begins here.
When ye were but few.—The psalm has “when they [that is, your fathers] were but few; “and so LXX. here.
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Few.—Literally, men of number = easily counted. (Comp. Gen_34:30.)
Strangers in it.—Sojourners, μέτοικοι (Gen_23:4).
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain He suffered no man to do them wrong.
1Ch_16:19-22
He suffered no man to do them wrong.
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Evil-doing restrained
I. Here is the nearness and dearness of the saints unto God.
II. Here is the great dancer to kings and states to deal with His saints otherwise than well.
III. Here is the care and protection which God had over them, set and amplified.
1. By the number and condition of the persons whom He defended.
2. By what He did for them. (Thomas Goodwin.)
Touch not Mine anointed:--
Touch not Mine anointed
I. The person whose the speech is. He is the Lord our God (1Ch_16:14).
II. The persons to whom. In general to all; specially to some.
III. The persons concerning whom. His anointed.
1. The patriarchs, who were the rulers of their people. The name implies fatherhood and government. They were anointed before there was any material anointing at all.
2. The kings who were the successors of the patriarchs.
(1) The Holy Ghost applies this term to Saul, David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah, Cyrus (1Sa_12:3-4; 2Sa_19:21; 2Ch_6:42; Lam_4:20; Isa_45:1).
(2) This is affirmed by
(a) The third general Council of Ephesus.
(b) The great Council of Toledo the Fourth.
(c) The great Western Council of Francford.
3. The fathers use the term in the same way.
4. After the patriarchs, this term is appropriate to kings, and kings only, all the Bible through. It is used--
(1) Four times by God, Mine anointed.
(2) Six times to God, Thine anointed.
(3) Ten times of God, His anointed.
(4) Twelve times it is Gods anointed.
In the text and in Psa_105:1-45. it is applied to the patriarchs; all the other instances refer either to Christ or to kings. (Bp. Andrewes.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
The words "you," "they," "them," and "their" in these verses refer to Israel.
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strangers in the land
It is implied that "the land" refers to Canaan. AT: "foreigners in the land of Canaan" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another
These two phrases have similar meanings and are used together for emphasis. (See: Parallelism)
for their sakes
"for their own well-being"
Do not touch my anointed ones
Here "touch" means to harm. It is an exaggeration Yahweh used to strengthen his warning to not harm his people. AT: "Do not harm the people I have anointed" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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nation
kingdom
oppress
punish
king
anoint
prophet
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