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Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

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חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 728a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

    1. prescribed task

    2. prescribed portion

    3. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

    4. prescribed due

    5. prescribed limit, boundary

    6. enactment, decree, ordinance

      1. specific decree

      2. law in general

    7. enactments, statutes

      1. conditions

      2. enactments

      3. decrees

      4. civil enactments prescribed by God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
STRONGS H2706: Abbreviations
חֹק 127 noun masculineMicah 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due; — ח׳ Genesis 47:22 22 times; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14 times; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3 times; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13,14 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31 times; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי [H2711 Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1] (Ges§ 93. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 times suffixes —
1. prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (E).
2. prescribed portion, or allowance of food Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15; Ezekiel 16:27; מחקי Job 23:12 (RV; < Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ol Me Di SS בְּחֵקִי in my bosom).
3. action prescribed for oneself, resolve: חִקֲקֵי לֵב Judges 5:15 resolves of mind || חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16.
4. prescribed due of the priests from offerings Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13 (twice in verse); Leviticus 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of י׳ Leviticus 6:15 (P); עולם לח׳ Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 18:8,11,19 (all P), Leviticus 24:9(H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14.
5. prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10; of heavens Psalm 148:6; of land of Israel Micah 7:11; of time Job 14:5,13; so מָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 She'ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit.
6. enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:
a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (J); of passover Exodus 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39; for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25; חק ומשׁפט Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), 1 Samuel 30:25; חק עולם Exodus 30:21; || עֵדוּת, מִשְׁמָּט Psalm 81:5; Psalm 81:6 (law of a festival).
b. of י׳ in nature Job 28:26.
c. respecting Messianic king Psalm 2:7; day of י׳ Zephaniah 2:2 MT, but on text see We and טֶרֶם, below; covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 ＝1 Chronicles 16:17; destiny of man Job 23:14.
d. law in general עלי חק according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law); ומשׁפט לַמֵּד ח׳ Ezra 7:10; || בּרית and תורות Isaiah 25:5; || עדות Psalm 99:7.
7. plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law:
a. of י׳ in nature Jeremiah 31:36.
b. of the prophets Zechariah 1:6.
c. conditions of deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11.
d. enactments || מִשְׁמָּטִים : ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience Ezekiel 20:25.
e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1.
f. civil enactments prescribed by God: חֻקֵּי האלהים Exodus 18:16 (E; || תּוֺרֹתָיו), Exodus 18:20 (E; || id.)
g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (P), Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 16:12; Psalm 119:5 20 times, Malachi 3:7; || תּוֺרַת י׳ Amos 2:4; ותורות ח׳ Psalm 105:45; והח׳ דברי הת׳ Deuteronomy 17:19; || ברית Psalm 50:16; וברית ועדות ח׳ 2 Kings 17:15; usually either || משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1,5,8,14; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 11:32; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 36:27, or else ומשׁפטים ח׳ combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. דבר(ים ׅ Psalm 147:19; תורה 2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; מצות Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; מצוה, תורה 2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:20; sometimes following: e.g. תורות Leviticus 26:46; מצוה, תורה 2 Kings 17:37; or in different order, e.g. ותורות מ׳ ומצות ח׳ Nehemiah 9:13; וח׳ מצות ומ׳ Nehemiah 10:30; ומצות ח׳ ומ׳ Deuteronomy 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. וח׳ מ׳ Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 27:10; ומ׳ ח׳ Deuteronomy 4:40; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:61; ותורה וח׳ מ׳ Nehemiah 9:14; ועדות וח׳ מ׳ Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31; וח׳ דברי מ׳ Ezra 7:11; it is used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46 3 times; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9 times; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10 times; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17 16 times; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24 5 times; שׁמר לעשׂות Deuteronomy 11:32 4 times; הלך בְּ 1 Kings 8:61 3 times — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:22; 47:22; 47:26

Exodus

5:14; 12:24; 15:25; 15:26; 18:16; 18:16; 18:20; 29:28; 30:21; 30:21

Leviticus

6:11; 6:15; 7:34; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 24:9; 26:46; 26:46

Numbers

18:8; 18:11; 18:19

Deuteronomy

4:1; 4:1; 4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:8; 4:14; 4:40; 4:45; 5:1; 5:28; 6:1; 6:17; 6:20; 6:24; 6:24; 7:11; 11:32; 11:32; 12:1; 16:12; 17:19; 26:16; 26:17; 26:17; 27:10

Joshua

24:25

Judges

5:15; 5:16; 11:39

1 Samuel

30:25

1 Kings

3:14; 8:58; 8:61; 8:61; 9:4

2 Kings

17:15; 17:37

1 Chronicles

16:17; 22:13; 29:19

2 Chronicles

7:17; 19:10; 33:8; 34:31; 35:25

Ezra

7:10; 7:11

Nehemiah

1:7; 9:13; 9:14; 10:30

Job

14:5; 14:5; 14:13; 23:12; 23:14; 26:10; 28:26; 38:10

Psalms

2:7; 50:16; 81:5; 81:6; 94:20; 99:7; 105:10; 105:45; 119:5; 147:19; 148:6

Proverbs

8:29; 30:8; 30:8; 31:15

Isaiah

5:14; 10:1; 25:5

Jeremiah

5:22; 31:36; 32:11

Ezekiel

11:12; 16:27; 20:18; 20:18; 20:25; 36:27; 45:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

7:11; 7:11

Zephaniah

2:2

Zechariah

1:6

Malachi

3:7

H2706

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Strong's Number H2706 matches the Hebrew חֹק (ḥōq),
which occurs 128 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 47:22–1Ki 8:61)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:24 - And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:28 - And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, as an everlasting statute, on the part of the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, as their heave-offering to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It is an everlasting statute in your generations, their portion of Jehovah's offerings by fire: whatever toucheth these shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:22 - And the priest who is anointed of his sons in his stead shall prepare it: it is an everlasting statute; it shall be wholly burned to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, have I taken of the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons from the children of Israel by an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11 - and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - And ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of Jehovah's offerings by fire; for so I am commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - And the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering shall ye eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for as thy due, and thy sons' due, are they given of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - The shoulder of the heave-offering and the breast of the wave-offering shall they bring, with the fire-offering of the pieces of fat, to wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and they shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, for an everlasting statute, as Jehovah has commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy unto him of Jehovah's offerings by fire: it is an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 - These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:11 - And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 - These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1 - And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5 - See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye may do so in the land into which ye enter to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45 - these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1 - And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I speak in your ears this day, and learn them, and keep them to do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - And these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye may do them in the land whereunto ye pass over to possess it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good continually, that he might preserve us alive, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - And thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32 - And ye shall take heed to do all the statutes and ordinances which I set before you this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall take heed to do in the land, which Jehovah the God of thy fathers is giving thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:12 - And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - This day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - Thou hast this day accepted Jehovah to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and to hearken unto his voice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - And thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will prolong thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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