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I. THAT THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD MUST BE OBSERVED IN THE TIMES OF PROSPERITY (ver. 5).

II. THAT THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD MUST BE OBSERVED WITH TRUE INTELLIGENCE (vers. 8, 9).

III. THAT THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD MUST BE OBSERVED WITH PARENTAL SOLICITUDE. God has appointed the family the moral nursery of the young. Lessons:

1. To attend to all the ordinances of the Lord.

2. To attend to them at the most appropriate time.

3. To attend to them in right spirit and temper.

(J. S. Exell, M. A.)

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KJV: And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

WEB: It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.