Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, 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 Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.
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Leviticus 18:5And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 22:31And ye shall observe my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy 4:45these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 5:33In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, 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 →