And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
The 1611 reading
And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Appointed or set apart to an office, work, purpose, or end. Sense 2: Established, decreed, ordered, prescribed, prepared, arranged, or settled.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 28:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.
LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
¶ Let euery soule bee subiect vnto the higher powers: For there is no power but of God. The powers that be, are ordeined of God.
1611 marginal noteOr, ordered.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Appointed; instituted; established; settled.