Deuteronomy 6:1

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, instructing them to follow the commandments he is teaching them as they prepare to enter and possess the land.

The words — The Hebrew term mitzvah (commandment) denotes a divine directive, while chuqim (statutes) refers to established ordinances requiring observance.

The thread — This formulaic introduction to the law appears in Deuteronomy 4:1, 12:1, and 4:45, where Moses consistently frames the statutes and ordinances as the foundation for life in the promised land.

Why it lands — The text requires immediate obedience to the listed commandments, statutes, and ordinances as a prerequisite for possessing the land and extending one’s days.

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The Hebrew words

וְזֹ֣אתve./Zotand/ this הַמִּצְוָ֗הha./mitz.Vah[is] the/ commandment הַֽחֻקִּים֙ha./chu.Kimthe/ statutes וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםve./ha./mish.pa.Timand/ the/ judgments אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich צִוָּ֛הtzi.Vahhe has commanded יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your לְלַמֵּ֣דle./la.Medto/ teach אֶתְכֶ֑ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla./'a.Sotto/ observe בָּאָ֔רֶץba./'A.retzin the/ land אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhere אַתֶּ֛ם'a.Temyou עֹבְרִ֥ים'oe.Rim[are] about to pass over שָׁ֖מָּהSha.ma/hthere/ towards לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le./rish.Ta/hto/ take possession of/ it

King James Version

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

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 12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Leviticus 27:34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
Deuteronomy 5:31 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
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.
Deuteronomy 4:5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
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.
Ezekiel 37:24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.