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Psa 78:5 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For he		Psa 81:5; Psa 119:152; Psa 147:19; Deu 4:45; Deu 6:7; Deu 11:19; Isa 8:20; Rom 3:2; 1Jo 5:9-12
testimony		The word testimony is used for the ark, and for the law, written on tables of stone, put within the ark, and covered with the mercy seat. This testified the LORD's gracious presence with his people, and seemed to point out to them both the way of access and acceptance, and the standard or rule of their duty. Exd 25:16,21; Exd 40:3,20
that they		Psa 78:3,4; Gen 18:19; Isa 38:19; Eph 6:4

Correlating Passages

For he

	Psa 81:5	This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.
	Psa 119:152	Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
	Psa 147:19	He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
	Deu 4:45	These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
	Deu 6:7	And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
	Deu 11:19	And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
	Isa 8:20	To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
	Rom 3:2	Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
	1Jo 5:9	If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
	1Jo 5:10	He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
	1Jo 5:11	And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
	1Jo 5:12	He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

testimony

	Exd 25:16	And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
	Exd 25:21	And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
	Exd 40:3	And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
	Exd 40:20	And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

that they

	Psa 78:3	Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
	Psa 78:4	We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
	Gen 18:19	For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
	Isa 38:19	The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
	Eph 6:4	And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 78:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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