Deuteronomy 4:14
And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
KJV
Mihique mandavit in illo tempore ut docerem vos cæremonias et judicia, quæ facere deberetis in terra, quam possessuri estis.
Vulgate
καὶ μοὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ διδάξαι ὑμᾶς δικαιώματα καὶ κρίσεις, ποιεῖν αὐτὰ ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς εἰσπορεύεσθε ἐκεῖ κληρονομεῖν αὐτήν.
LXX
And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
ASV
וְ/אֹתִ֞/י צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בָּ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֔וא לְ/לַמֵּ֣ד אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם חֻקִּ֖ים וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֑ים לַ/עֲשֹׂתְ/כֶ֣ם אֹתָ֔/ם בָּ/אָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּ/ה לְ/רִשְׁתָּֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Perfect righteousness was conferred neither by circumcision nor by any other legal ceremonies. The Decalogue, however, was not cancelled by Christ, but is always in force: men were never released from its commandments. 1. Moreover, we learn from the Scripture itself, that God gave circumcision, not as the completer of righteousness, but as a sign, that the race of Abraham might…
Cross-references
- 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:
- Exod 21:1 — Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
- Exod 24:12 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.