commanded. Compare Deuteronomy 7:1-5.
our lives. our souls. Hebrew. Nephesh. See App-13.
LORD. There is an Homoeoteleuton (App-6) here, preserved in the Septuagint;. scribe going back to the former of the two words "Lord"; and reading. the altar of Jehovah [and the inhabitants of Gibeon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of Jehovah]", even unto this day, &c.
even. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-8), thus. "[as they are] even".
in. for.