Deuteronomy 4:1

And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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In The King James Version

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

In Context

2Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:37You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:31So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

Deuteronomy 4:45These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

Deuteronomy 5:33Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.

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 →

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