These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,
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- WEB These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
- KJV These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
- BSB These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- NASB these are the testimonies and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
- NLT These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,
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Quick answer
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances Moses gave Israel after the exodus. The law is rooted in God's prior redemption.
Overview
Moses identifies the categories of covenant instruction and ties them to Israel's deliverance from Egypt. Law follows redemption: God saves first, then gives commands to his redeemed people. This grace-then-law order mirrors the gospel, where the saved are called to grateful obedience in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Deut 6:20When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”
- Ps 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED
- Ps 119:22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
- Deut 4:1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Ps 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
- Deut 6:17You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- Ps 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
- Ps 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Ps 119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
- 1 Kgs 2:3and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- Ps 119:7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
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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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