Deuteronomy 12:1
in Deuteronomy 12These 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.
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ASV
These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
KJV
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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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Moses now passes on to apply Deut. 12–26 the leading principles of the Decalogue to the ecclesiastical, civil, and social life of the people. Particulars will be noticed which are unique to the Law as given in Deuteronomy; and even in laws repeated from the earlier books various new circumstances and details are introduced. This is only natural. The Sinaitic legislation was nearly 40 years old and had been given under conditions of time, place, and circumstance different and distant from those now present.
This site's exposition
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe
on Deuteronomy 12:1-3
This verse opens the body of the covenant, and chapters 12 to 26 work through the particulars that chapters 5 to 11 charged in general. The first command is demolition, with altars overthrown, pillars broken, groves burnt, images hewn down and the names of the gods destroyed out of the place. Upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree becomes the standing description of Canaanite worship, and the books of Kings use that formula to report Israel building the same shrines anyway, at 1 Kings 14:23 and 2 Kings 17:10.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do,....
All the days, as long as you live upon the earth. While we are here in our state of trial, we must continue in our obedience, even to the end, and never leave our duty, nor grow weary of well-doing. They are here charged to abolish and extirpate all those things that the Canaanites had served their idol-gods with,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe--Having in the preceding chapter inculcated upon the Israelites the general obligation to fear and love God, Moses here enters into a detail of some special duties they were to practise on their obtaining possession of the promised land.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֠לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים | hachukim | [are] the statutes | H2706 → | 127 times |
| וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ | vehamishpatim | and the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן | tishmerun | you will take care ! | H8104 → | 468 times |
| לַעֲשׂוֹת֒ | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָּאָ֕רֶץ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֨ן | natan | he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֧י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ | ʾavoteikha | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to you | ||
| לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ | lerishtah | to take possession of it | H3423 → | 231 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִ֔ים | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אַתֶּ֥ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| חַיִּ֖ים | chaiyim | [are] alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
אֵ֠לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים[are] the statutes
hachukimH2706 →127 times
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮and the judgments
vehamishpatimH4941 →422 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּשְׁמְר֣וּןyou will take care !
tishmerunH8104 →468 times
לַעֲשׂוֹת֒to observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
בָּאָ֕רֶץin the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר֩which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֨ןhe has given
natanH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֧י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָancestors your
ʾavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
לְךָ֖to you
lekha
לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּto take possession of it
lerishtahH3423 →231 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּמִ֔יםthe days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
אַתֶּ֥םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
חַיִּ֖ים[are] alive
chaiyimH2416 →498 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃the land
haadamahH127 →225 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Hebrews 3:5
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
- Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear 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…
- Proverbs 22:19–20
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Through
Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
it leads to
- Job 14:5–6
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Psalms 39:4
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
- Job 5:7
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- Job 14:5–6
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.