Deuteronomy 12:1
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.
KJV
Hæc sunt præcepta atque judicia, quæ facere debetis in terra, quam Dominus Deus patrum tuorum daturus est tibi, ut possideas eam cunctis diebus, quibus super humum gradieris.
Vulgate
Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ προστάγματα καὶ αἱ κρίσεις ἃς φυλάξετε τοῦ ποιεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν ἐν κλήρῳ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ὑμεῖς ζῆτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
LXX
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.
ASV
אֵ֠לֶּה הַֽ/חֻקִּ֣ים וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֣וּ/ן לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֒ בָּ/אָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֧י אֲבֹתֶ֛י/ךָ לְ/ךָ֖ לְ/רִשְׁתָּ֑/הּ כָּל הַ/יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל הָ/אֲדָמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:40 — That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
- Deut 6:1 — Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
- Deut 26:16 — This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
- Ezek 20:19 — I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
- Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
- Lev 26:46 — These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.