DECREE, n. L. To judge to divide. The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever. These [are] the decrees that Yahweh commanded Moses, as between a husband and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, [while] her childhood [is in] her father's house. Furthermore, we decree that with respect to any of the priests, descendants of Levi, singers, gatekeepers, Temple Servants, or other servants of this Temple of God, it is not to be lawful to impose any tribute, tax, or toll on them. 2:13, 14. If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king.". 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees. It will be an eternal decree for the {Israelites} and for one who dwells as an alien in their midst. " Q. Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you. "Remember the Law of Moses my servant that I gave him at Horeb for all Israel both the decrees and laws. 'It will be an eternal decree for them. Then the LORD commanded us to observe all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God for our own good, so that he may keep us alive as we are today. You are my witnesses! We find another reference to God’s covenantal decree in Chronicles: He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, A. Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. Listen to me, my people! These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Romans 1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them. The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. If your sons keep My covenantand My decrees that I will teach them,their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”. That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day. I am Your servant; give me understandingso that I may know Your decrees. He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes and decrees to Israel. Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his mind and with all his heart, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant. I have more insight than all my teachersbecause Your decrees are my meditation. The biblical context of decrees is that they are the same as the will and purposes of God. You are to observe it according to all its decrees and laws.". Who acts and carries out decrees? Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent. But they will not receive an inheritance in the midst of the {Israelites}. Long ago I learned from Your decreesthat You have established them forever. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. The decrees of God are declarations or pronouncements that He has made in working out His plan in the various ages. Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! And they attacked the Bible as not presenting valid information.. And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 1:4; 2 Thess. Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. In the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, the Lord moved King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom. How impossible it is to search into His decrees or trace His footsteps! Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,One which devises mischief by decree? NetBible, 141 occurrences in 12 translations, Old Testament (133), Numbers (14), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (5), Ezra (20), Esther (18), Job (4), Psalm (13), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (2), Daniel (19), Joel (1), Amos (8), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (2), New Testament (8), Luke (2), Romans (3), Hebrews (3). I believe the text you are referring to is Acts 3:1-10. and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 1996-2008 by the king 's Information.. KJV Dictionary definition: decree decree pleasure. Life, so you may live a long time our ancestors to reveal to their children Horeb... { Israelites } for he fulfills his decree from God and the statutes he gave.. 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