He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His 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.
- BSB He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- NKJV He declares His word 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).
Cross-references & the web
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- Mal 4:4“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
- Ps 78:5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
- Deut 33:2–4He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
- Rom 9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
- Deut 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
- Deut 5:22Yahweh spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.
- Deut 5:31But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.”
- Rom 3:2Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
- Ps 76:1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- Exod 20:1–21God spoke all these words, saying,
- 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 103:7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
- Exod 21:1–23“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
- Deut 4:12–13Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.
- Deut 4:8What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you today?
- Deut 6:1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
- 2 Tim 3:15–17From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
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