Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
And upon their seed
Bible References
And upon their seed
Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.
Deuteronomy 29:14
It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,
Joshua 9:15
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
1 Samuel 30:25
From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.
2 Samuel 21:1
During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites."
All such
Esther 8:17
Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.
Isaiah 56:3
No foreigner who becomes a follower of the Lord should say, 'The Lord will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'"
Zechariah 2:11
"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
Zechariah 8:23
The Lord who rules over all says, 'In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of -- indeed, grab -- the robe of one Jew and say, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'"