He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- KJV He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- NKJV He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
- NASB He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
- NLT He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.
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Quick answer
God reveals His word, statutes, and ordinances to Israel. He graciously gave His covenant people His law and self-revelation.
Overview
Beyond ruling nature, God uniquely disclosed His will to Israel through His word and law. This special revelation was a privilege of grace, not merit. It pointed forward to Christ, in whom God's full and final revelation has come (Hebrews 1:1-2).
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- Mal 4:4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
- Ps 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
- Deut 33:2–4He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Rom 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Deut 4:45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- Deut 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- Deut 5:31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
- Rom 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
- Ps 76:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
- Exod 20:1–21And God spoke all these words:
- Deut 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Ps 103:7He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
- Exod 21:1–23“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
- Deut 4:12–13And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
- Deut 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Deut 6:1These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- 2 Tim 3:15–17From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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