Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor, delivering these instructions after they had come out of Egypt.
The words — הָֽ/עֵדֹ֔ת (ha./'e.Dot) translates literally as "testimonies," referring to the formal records of covenant obligations.
The thread — The legal categories reappear in Deuteronomy 4:44, which introduces the law Moses set before the people, and Deuteronomy 6:17, which commands keeping the commandments, testimonies, and statutes.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that these regulations were delivered by Moses to a specific generation at a defined location, demanding careful retention of the recorded instructions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 4:1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 6:17 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
- Deuteronomy 6:20 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
- 1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
- Psalms 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
- Psalms 119:5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Psalms 119:7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
- Psalms 119:22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
- Psalms 119:24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.