Verse 24
commanded. Compare Deuteronomy 7:1-5 .
our lives = our souls. Hebrew. Nephesh . See App-13 .
LORD. There is an Homoeoteleuton ( App-6 ) here, preserved in the Septuagint; a scribe going back to the former of the two words "Lord"; and reading ' the altar of Jehovah [and the inhabitants of Gibeon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of Jehovah]", even unto this day, &c.
even . Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-8 ), thus = "[as they are] even".
in = for.
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