And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
And this is the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices3
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. Not the law concerning the cities of refuge, but the law of the ten commands repeated in the following chapter; so Jarchi remarks,"this which he should set in order after this section;''as he does in the next chapter, where he repeats in order the ten precepts, and makes observations on the manner of the delivery of them, and urges obedience to them.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
These verses would be more properly assigned to the next chapter. They are intended to serve as the announcement and introduction of the address now to be commenced. Deu 4:44 gives a kind of general title to the whole of the weighty address, including in fact the central part and substance of the book, which now follows in 22 chapters, divided into two groups: (a) Deut. 511, (b) Deut. 12
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
The place where Moses gave them these laws in charge is here particularly described. (1.) It was over-against Beth-peor, an idol-temple of the Moabites, which perhaps Moses sometimes looked towards, with a particular caution to them against the infection of that and other such like dangerous places.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches12
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
When 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.
Write 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.
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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Deuteronomy 27:26‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Deuteronomy 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…
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And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
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