Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, O Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you.
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Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am LORD.
Leviticus 19:37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am LORD.
Leviticus 22:31Therefore ye shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am LORD.
Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 5:33Ye shall walk in all the way which LORD your God has commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:1
In this chapter we have, I. A most earnest and pathetic exhortation to obedience, both in general, and in some particular instances, backed with a great variety of very pressing arguments, repeated again and again, and set before them in the most moving and affectionate manner imaginable, ver. 1-40 . II. The appointing of the cities of refuge on that side Jordan, ver. 41-43 . III. The particular description of the place where Moses delivered the following repetition of the law, ver. 44 , &c. Read the whole commentary →