Deuteronomy 4:5

See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,—that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

In Context

4but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day.

6Therefore shall ye observe, and do [them], for that, will be your wisdom, and discernment, in the eyes of the peoples,—who will hear all these statutes, and will say—Nevertheless, a people wise and discerning, is this great nation.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:19My statutes, shall ye observe, Thy beasts, shalt thou not cause to breed in two kinds, Thy field, shalt thou not sow with two sorts of seed,—And a garment woven of diverse threads, shalt thou not suffer to come upon thee.

Deuteronomy 4:40So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee,—and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.

Deuteronomy 6:1This, then is the commandment—[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded to teach you,—that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it:

Deuteronomy 8:11Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh thy God,—so as not to keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day;

Proverbs 22:19That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.

Ezekiel 20:11Then gave I unto them my statutes, And my regulations, caused I them to know,- By the which the man that doeth them shall live.

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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