Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 4:44
This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Moab, introducing the legal material immediately after listing the cities of refuge.
The words — The noun הַתּוֹרָה (ha.Torah) denotes the law or instruction, while the verb שָׂם (sam) literally means he set or placed.
The thread — This legal framework reappears in Deuteronomy 1:5 where Moses begins to explain it, and in Deuteronomy 27:26 which pronounces a curse on those who fail to practice its words.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to treat the law as a fixed, publicly delivered standard that demands active implementation rather than passive observation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 27:26 ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Leviticus 27:34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 1:5 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- Deuteronomy 17:18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 27:3 Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 27:8 And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- Deuteronomy 33:4 the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
- Malachi 4:4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Numbers 36:13 These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.