This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
- KJV And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
- NKJV Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
- NASB Now this is the Law which Moses set before the sons of Israel;
- NLT This is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites.
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Quick answer
This verse introduces the law Moses set before Israel. It marks the transition into the second address of Deuteronomy.
Overview
This is a heading announcing the law, or instruction, that Moses placed before the people. It opens the central section of the book where the covenant stipulations are restated. The law given through Moses ultimately points beyond itself to Christ, its goal and fulfillment (Romans 10:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Deut 27:26‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Lev 27:34These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Deut 17:18–19When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deut 1:5On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Mal 4:4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
- Deut 27:3Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deut 27:8And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- Deut 33:4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
- Num 36:13These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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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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