📖WEB · 1 Samuel 30:25
What does 1 Samuel 30:25 mean?
"It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day."
— 1 Samuel 30:25 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”
Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
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