Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor this is a statute decreed for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor it is a choq appointed for Yisra'el, a mishpat of the Elohim of Ya'akov.
KJV
King James VersionFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Footnotes
*Choq* (חֹק) denotes a fixed, enacted law — often one whose rationale is not immediately transparent, obeyed on the ground of divine authority alone. *Mishpat* (מִשְׁפָּט) carries the weight of a binding legal ruling or covenant ordinance — justice embodied in decree. Together they frame the festival not as optional celebration but as covenantal obligation with the full force of Israel's constitutional law. The pairing echoes the Decalogue framework and insists that liturgy is torah-practice, not merely religious sentiment. FOG preserves both Hebrew legal terms to honour their distinct semantic weight; FOG Message renders them as "statute" and "ordinance."