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Gal. 3:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
then
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
serveth the law
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
nomos (Greek #3551)
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: nom'-os
Origin: from a primary νέμω (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
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prostithemi (Greek #4369)
to place additionally, i.e. lay beside, annex, repeat
KJV usage: add, again, give more, increase, lay unto, proceed further, speak to any more.
Pronounce: pros-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 4314 and 5087
because
charin (Greek #5484)
through favor of, i.e. on account of
KJV usage: be-(for) cause of, for sake of, +...fore, X reproachfully.
Pronounce: khar'-in
Origin: accusative case of 5485 as preposition
of transgressions
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
parabasis (Greek #3847)
violation
KJV usage: breaking, transgression.
Pronounce: par-ab'-as-is
Origin: from 3845
, till
achri (Greek #891)
akin to 206 (through the idea of a terminus); (of time) until or (of place) up to
KJV usage: as far as, for, in(-to), till, (even, un-)to, until, while. Compare 3360.
Pronounce: akh'-ree
Origin: or ἄχρις (akh'-rece)
the seed
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
sperma (Greek #4690)
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
KJV usage: issue, seed.
Pronounce: sper'-mah
Origin: from 4687
l should come
erchomai (Greek #2064)
middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) ἐλεύθομαι (el-yoo'-thom-ahee), or (active) ἔλθω (el'-tho), which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Pronounce: er'-khom-ahee
to whom
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
the promise was made
epaggello (Greek #1861)
to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
KJV usage: profess, (make) promise.
Pronounce: ep-ang-el'-lo
Origin: from 1909 and the base of 32
; and it was ordained
diatasso (Greek #1299)
to arrange thoroughly, i.e. (specially) institute, prescribe, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, command, give, (set in) order, ordain.
Pronounce: dee-at-as'-so
Origin: from 1223 and 5021
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
angels
aggelos (Greek #32)
a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
KJV usage: angel, messenger.
Pronounce: ang'-el-os
Origin: from ἀγγέλλω (probably derived from 71; compare 34) (to bring tidings)
o in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the hand
cheir (Greek #5495)
the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)
KJV usage: hand.
Pronounce: khire
Origin: perhaps from the base of 5494 in the sense of its congener the base of 5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)
p of a mediator
mesites (Greek #3316)
a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)
KJV usage: mediator.
Pronounce: mes-ee'-tace
Origin: from 3319
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Rom. 5:20• 20But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded (Rom. 5:20)
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Gal. 3:16• 16But to Abraham were addressed the promises, and to his seed; he doth not say “and to seeds” as of many, but as of one “and to thy seed,” which is Christ. (Gal. 3:16)
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Acts 7:53• 53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not. (Acts 7:53)
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Heb. 2:2• 2For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution, (Heb. 2:2)
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Ex. 20:19‑22• 19{i}and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.{/i}
 20{i}And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.{/i}
 21{i}And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.{/i}
 22{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens.{/i} (Ex. 20:19‑22)
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Deut. 5:22‑31• 22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
 23{i}And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;{/i}
 24{i}and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.{/i}
 25{i}And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.{/i}
 26{i}For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived?{/i}
 27{i}Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it.{/i}
 28{i}And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke to me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people that have spoken to thee: they have well spoken all that they have spoken.{/i}
 29{i}Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!{/i}
 30{i}Go, say unto them, Get you into your tents again.{/i}
 31{i}But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.{/i} (Deut. 5:22‑31)

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Angels,
Disposition of Angels,
Law,
mediator,
Ordain,
Seed,
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Rom. 3:1‑2• 1What then [is] the superiority of the Jew, or what the profit of circumcision?
 2Much in every way; for, first, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)
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Rom. 7:7‑13• 7What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.”
 8But sin having taken occasion by the commandment wrought in me every lust; for apart from law sin is dead.
 9But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died,
 10and the commandment that [was] unto life, this was found to me unto death.
 11For sin having taken a point of attack by the commandment deceived me and by it slew [me].
 12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
 13Did then the good become death to me? Let it not be; but sin, that it might appear sin, working out death to me by the good, that sin might become excessively sinful by the commandment. (Rom. 7:7‑13)
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Gal. 3:21‑24• 21[Is] therefore the law against the promises of God? Let it not be. For if there had been given a law which could quicken, in very truth by law would have been righteousness.
 22But the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those that believe.
 23But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up unto the faith about to be revealed.
 24So that the law hath been our tutor unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (Gal. 3:21‑24)
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Deut. 4:8‑9• 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.
 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons. (Deut. 4:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:19‑20• 19He showeth his word to Jacob,{HR}His statutes and his judgments to Israel.
 20He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:19‑20)
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Luke 16:31• 31And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded. (Luke 16:31)
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John 5:45‑47• 45Think not that I will accuse you unto the Father: there is one that accuseth you, Moses, on whom ye trust;
 46for if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
 47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:45‑47)
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John 15:22• 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. (John 15:22)
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Rom. 2:13• 13(for not the hearers of law [are] just with God, but the doers of law shall be justified. (Rom. 2:13)
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Rom. 3:19‑20• 19Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it speaketh to those that [are] in the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment with God.
 20Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him, for by law [is] knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:19‑20)
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Rom. 4:15• 15For the law worketh out wrath; but where no law is, [there is] no transgression. (Rom. 4:15)
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Rom. 5:20‑21• 20But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
 21that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)
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Rom. 7:7‑13• 7What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.”
 8But sin having taken occasion by the commandment wrought in me every lust; for apart from law sin is dead.
 9But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died,
 10and the commandment that [was] unto life, this was found to me unto death.
 11For sin having taken a point of attack by the commandment deceived me and by it slew [me].
 12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
 13Did then the good become death to me? Let it not be; but sin, that it might appear sin, working out death to me by the good, that sin might become excessively sinful by the commandment. (Rom. 7:7‑13)
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1 Tim. 1:8‑9• 8Now we know that the law [is] good if one use it lawfully,
 9knowing this that law is not laid down for a righteous person, but for lawless and insubordinate, for ungodly and sinful, for unholy and profane, for smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, for murderers, (1 Tim. 1:8‑9)
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Gal. 3:16,25• 16But to Abraham were addressed the promises, and to his seed; he doth not say “and to seeds” as of many, but as of one “and to thy seed,” which is Christ.
 25But faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor; (Gal. 3:16,25)
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Gal. 4:1‑4• 1But I say, as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a bondservant, though he be lord of all;
 2but is under guardians and stewards until the time fore-appointed by the father.
 3So also we, when we were infants, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
 4but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under law, (Gal. 4:1‑4)
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Deut. 33:2• 2{i}And he said,{/i} (Deut. 33:2)
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Acts 7:53• 53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not. (Acts 7:53)
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Heb. 2:2,5• 2For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
 5For not to angels he subjected the inhabited earth that is to come whereof we speak; (Heb. 2:2,5)
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Ex. 20:19‑22• 19{i}and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.{/i}
 20{i}And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.{/i}
 21{i}And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.{/i}
 22{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens.{/i} (Ex. 20:19‑22)
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Ex. 24:1‑12• 1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship ye afar off.
 2And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah, but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him.
 3{i}And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said,{/i} All the words which Jehovah hath said will we do.
 4{i}And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.{/i}
 5{i}And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah.{/i}
 6{i}And Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.{/i}
 7{i}And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey!{/i}
 8{i}And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.{/i}
 9{i}And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up;{/i}
 10{i}and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.{/i}
 11{i}And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.{/i}
 12{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.{/i} (Ex. 24:1‑12)
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Ex. 34:27‑35• 27{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Write thee these words; for after the tenor of these words have I made a covenant with thee and with Israel.{/i}
 28{i}—And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread, and drank no water. —And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.{/i}
 29{i}And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai—and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain—that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him.{/i}
 30{i}And Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.{/i}
 31{i}And Moses called to them; and they turned to him, —Aaron and all the principal men of the assembly; and Moses talked with them.{/i}
 32{i}And afterwards, all the children of Israel came near; and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him on mount Sinai.{/i}
 33{i}And Moses ended speaking with them; and he had put on his face a veil.{/i}
 34{i}And when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel what he was commanded.{/i}
 35{i}And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.{/i} (Ex. 34:27‑35)
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Lev. 15:32• 32This is the law of him that hath a flux, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, whereby he is defiled; (Lev. 15:32)
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Deut. 5:5,22‑33• 5(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the Mount.) {i}saying,{/i}
 22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
 23{i}And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;{/i}
 24{i}and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.{/i}
 25{i}And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.{/i}
 26{i}For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived?{/i}
 27{i}Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it.{/i}
 28{i}And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke to me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people that have spoken to thee: they have well spoken all that they have spoken.{/i}
 29{i}Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!{/i}
 30{i}Go, say unto them, Get you into your tents again.{/i}
 31{i}But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.{/i}
 32{i}Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.{/i}
 33{i}In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.{/i} (Deut. 5:5,22‑33)
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Deut. 9:13‑20,25‑29• 13{i}And Jehovah spoke unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.{/i}
 14{i}Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.{/i}
 15{i}And I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.{/i}
 16{i}And I saw, and behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God: ye had made for yourselves a molten calf; ye had quickly turned aside from the way which Jehovah had commanded you.{/i}
 17{i}And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.{/i}
 18{i}And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights, —I ate no bread and drank no water, —because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i}
 19{i}For I was afraid of the anger and fury wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. And Jehovah listened unto me also at that time.{/i}
 20{i}And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.{/i}
 25{i}So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights, as I fell down; for Jehovah had said he would destroy you.{/i}
 26{i}I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand.{/i}
 27{i}Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin;{/i}
 28{i}lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he had promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.{/i}
 29{i}They are indeed thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out with thy great power and with thy stretched-out arm.{/i} (Deut. 9:13‑20,25‑29)
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Deut. 18:15‑19• 15Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
 16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I die not.
 17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
 18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
 19It shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. (Deut. 18:15‑19)
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Psa. 106:23• 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying. (Psa. 106:23)
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John 1:17• 17For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
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Acts 7:38• 38This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give us: (Acts 7:38)
The Apostle, having just before been speaking of the promise made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our justification, and not the law, lest they should think he derogated too much from the law, and thereby rendered it useless--he thence takes occasion to discourse of the design and tendency of it, and to acquaint us for what purposes it was given.
• God had made an unconditional promise to the seed of Abraham. He will infallibly perform it, for He is God. But in the communication of the law there is nothing immediate and direct from God simply. It is ordained by the hand of angels. (“Galatians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• It was ordained by angels who, though making known His majesty, did not directly bring God into display in all the glory of His love and grace. Moreover, it was not, like the promise, directly dependent upon God who made the promise. It was given through a mediator. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)
• The law proves that, if God bestows the blessing in sovereign grace, He does not do so at the expense of righteousness. Thus the law raises the question of righteousness, both the righteousness of man and the righteousness of God. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressionsb, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. in order to bring evil into relief by transgressions.

W. Kelly Translation

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Why then the law? For the sake of transgressions it was added, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, being ordained by means of angels in a mediator’s hand.