Deuteronomy 4:14

The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

In Context

13He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets.

15Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire,

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Cross References

Exodus 21:1“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:

Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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