It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 25. A law. Custom, ( Calmet.) and a particular injunction, had long before made way for it. Numbers 31:27. Bible. Joshua 22:8.—We might translate the Hebrew “And this law had been observed in Israel from that day and before.” David restored to its full vigour this ancient regulation. The Hebrews have no compound verbs, such as re-establish, re-build, and so forth instead of which, they say, to establish, ( Calmet.) and build again. Thus, by the addition of adverbs, they can explain the same things. Prot. “from that day forward he made it a statute,” and so forth Bible.—It is not, therefore, unlawful to make new laws, provided they be conformable to those of God. Deuteronomy 4 and 12. Worthington.