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.
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Gill's Exposition
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,.... That is, this law concerning the blowing of trumpets on the new moon, and the keeping the solemn feast at the full of the moon, was made to be observed…
Barnes' Notes
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony - literally, he placed this; that is, he appointed it. The word Joseph here stands for the whole Hebrew people, as in Psa 80:1. See the notes at that verse.…
When the people of God were gathered together in the solemn day, the day of the feast of the Lord, they must be told that they had business to do, for we do not go to church to sleep nor to be idle;…
Cambridge Bible
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony (R.V.): to bear continual witness to His care of Israel. when&c. Render, When he (i.e. God) went out against (or over) the land of Egypt, to execute judgement…
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