These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
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- WEB These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- BSB These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
- NKJV “These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.
- NASB “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully follow in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth.
- NLT “These are the decrees and regulations you must be careful to obey when you live in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must obey them as long as you live.
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Quick answer
These are the statutes and ordinances Israel must observe all their days in the land. God's law was to govern their whole life in Canaan.
Overview
This verse introduces the body of specific laws for life in the promised land. Israel's enjoyment of the land was to be shaped by lifelong obedience to God's commands. The enduring claim of God's word over every area of life anticipates the comprehensive lordship of Christ over His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 8:40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
- Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
- Deut 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
- Deut 6:1–2Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
- Deut 4:5Behold, 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.
- Deut 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
- Ps 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Ps 104:33I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Deut 4:1–2Now 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.
- Deut 12:19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
- Deut 4:9–10Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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