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Deuteronomy 4:14

At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel at that specific moment, relaying a direct command from Yahweh to instruct the people in the statutes and ordinances they must keep upon entering the land across the Jordan.

The words — צִוָּ֤ה (tzi.Vah) translates literally as "he commanded," and חֻקִּ֖ים (chu.Kim) denotes "statutes" or fixed legal decrees.

The thread — The pattern of divine instruction preceding territorial inheritance runs through Psalms 105:44, while the formula of prophetic commission mirrors Ezekiel 21:1.

Why it lands — The text demands that legal instruction precede and govern the occupation of the land, making the transmission of statutes a non-negotiable requirement for the people.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֹתִ֞יve./'o.T/iand/ <obj.>/ meצִוָּ֤הtzi.Vahhe commandedיְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehבָּעֵ֣תba./'Etat the/ timeהַהִ֔ואha./Hiv'<the>/ thatלְלַמֵּ֣דle./la.Medto/ teachאֶתְכֶ֔ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ youחֻקִּ֖יםchu.Kimstatutesוּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יםu./mish.pa.Timand/ judgmentsלַעֲשֹׂתְכֶ֣םla./'a.so.te./Khemto/ observe/ youאֹתָ֔ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ themבָּאָ֕רֶץba./'A.retzin the/ landאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhereאַתֶּ֛ם'a.Temyouעֹבְרִ֥ים'oe.Rim[are] about to pass overשָׁ֖מָּהSha.ma/hthere/ towardsלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le./rish.Ta/hto/ take possession of/ it

King James Version

And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

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