Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances which I teach you to do; in order that ye may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, giveth unto you.
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Leviticus 18:5And ye shall keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:37Ye shall therefore observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:31And ye shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation is there that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as is all this law, which I lay before you this day?
Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 5:33(5:30) altogether in the way, which the Lord your God hath commanded you, shall ye walk; in order that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may remain many days in the land which ye will 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 →