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Lexicon :: Strong's H8451 - tôrâ

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תּוֹרָה
Transliteration
tôrâ
Pronunciation
to-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
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TWOT Reference: 910d

Strong’s Definitions

תּוֹרָה tôwrâh, to-raw'; or תֹּרָה tôrâh; from H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:—law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 219x

The KJV translates Strong's H8451 in the following manner: law (219x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 219x
The KJV translates Strong's H8451 in the following manner: law (219x).

  1. law, direction, instruction

    1. instruction, direction (human or divine)

      1. body of prophetic teaching

      2. instruction in Messianic age

      3. body of priestly direction or instruction

      4. body of legal directives

    2. law

      1. law of the burnt offering

      2. of special law, codes of law

    3. custom, manner

    4. the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תּוֹרָה tôwrâh, to-raw'; or תֹּרָה tôrâh; from H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:—law.
STRONGS H8451: Abbreviations
† תּוֺרָה noun feminineDeuteronomy 1:5 direction, instruction, law (possibly in first instance from casting lots, WeG i, 470; H 394 (less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36 BenzArchaeology 408 NowArchaeology ii, 97, opposed to by KöOffenb. ii, 347 BaudPriesterthum 207); — ת׳, Exodus 12:49 + 88 times; construct תּוֺרַת Exodus 13:9 + 65 times; suffixes תּוֺרָתִי Psalm 78:1 + 16 times; תֹּרָר֯תְךָ Jeremiah 32:23; תֹּרָתוֺ Jeremiah 44:23 + 34 times suffixes; plural תּוֺרוֺת Nehemiah 9:13; תּוֺרֹת Isaiah 24:5 + 2 times; suffix תּוֺרֹתַי Ezekiel 44:24; תּוֺרֹתָ֯ו Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:5 + 5 times suffixes; —
1. instruction:
a. human: of a mother Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20, 23; of a father Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 7:2; of sages Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 28:4 (twice in verse); Proverbs 28:7, 9; Proverbs 29:18; of a poet Psalm 78:1; תּוֺרַת חֶסֶד kind instruction (of a wise wife) Proverbs 31:26.
b. divine || אֲמָרִים Job 22:22; through his servants Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 8:8; || אִמְרָה Isaiah 5:24; || דָּבָר Isaiah 1:10; || תְּעוּדָה Isaiah 8:16, 20; || חָזוֺן Lamentations 2:9; plural תורות Daniel 9:10.
c. a body of prophetic (or sometimes perhaps priestly) teaching Isaiah 42:21, 24; Jeremiah 9:12; Jeremiah 16:11; in the heart Isaiah 51:7; Psalm 37:31; Psalm 40:9; || משׁפט Habakkuk 1:4; || משׁפטים Psalm 89:31; || דְּבָרִים Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 26:4; Zechariah 7:12; || חקים Amos 2:4; || חקות Jeremiah 44:10, 23; myriads of precepts Hosea 8:12.
d. instruction in Messianic age Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:4; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:4; Jeremiah 31:33.
e. a body of priestly direction or instruction relating to sacred things Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:6, 7, 8, 9; Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 22:26; || לֹא תוֺרָה לֹא כֹּחֵן מוֺרֶה 2 Chronicles 15:3.
2. law (properly direction): namely
a. of special laws, singular of Feast of Maṣṣoth Exodus 13:9 (J), sabbath Exodus 16:4 (J); of direction given by priests in particular case Deuteronomy 17:11; of statutes of priest's code Exodus 12:49 (P), Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 7:1, 7, 11, 37; Leviticus 11:46; Leviticus 12:7; Leviticus 13:59; Leviticus 14:2, 32, 54, 57; Leviticus 15:32; Numbers 5:29, 30; Numbers 6:13, 21 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:16, 29; Numbers 19:2, 14; Numbers 31:21 (P); תּוֺרַת הַבָּיִת Ezekiel 43:12 (twice in verse); לְמִעְוָךְ בֵּין ח׳ 2 Chronicles 19:10; plural תּוֺרוֺת laws, || חקים Exodus 18:16, 20 (E; of decisions in civil cases given by Moses), Psalm 105:45; || מצות Exodus 16:28 (J); || מצות, חקות Genesis 26:5 (J); || חקים משׁפטים Leviticus 26:46 (H); || ברית, חק Isaiah 24:5; || משׁפטים, חקים, מצות Nehemiah 9:13; the laws of the new temple Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:5, 24; those laws in which men should walk Jeremiah 32:23 (Kt).
b. of codes of law,
(1) הַתּוֺרָה as written in the code of the covenant, || הַמִּצְוָה Exodus 24:12 (E); ספר תּוֺרַת אלהים Joshua 24:26 (E); probably also Deuteronomy 33:4, || משׁפטים Deuteronomy 33:10, || בְּרִית Hosea 8:1; Psalm 78:10, || עֵדוּת Psalm 78:5;
(2) the law of the Deuteronomic code, in D and Deuteronomic sections of Kings and sources of Chronicles, הַתּוֺרָה הַזּאֹת Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 4:8, 44; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 31:9, 11; הזאת דִּבְרֵי הַתּ׳ Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 31:24, + כל Deuteronomy 17:19; Deuteronomy 27:3, 8; Deuteronomy 28:58; Deuteronomy 29:28; Deuteronomy 31:12; Deuteronomy 32:46; הזאת סֵפֶר הַתּ׳ Deuteronomy 28:61; ספר התורה הזה Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 30:10; Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 1:8; ספר התורה Joshua 8:34; 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; דברי התורה Joshua 8:34; 2 Kings 23:24; so התורה אשׁר צוך משׁה Joshua 1:7, similarly Joshua 22:5; 2 Kings 17:13, 34, 37; 2 Kings 21:8; תּוֺרַת משׁה (ספר) Joshua 8:31, 32; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6 = בספר מ׳ הַתּ׳ 2 Chronicles 25:4; 2 Kings 23:25; דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַתּ׳ 2 Kings 22:11= דברי הַתּ׳ 2 Chronicles 34:19; תּוֺרַת יהוה 2 Kings 10:31. It is probable that ת׳ in Psalm 1:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 94:12 and some other parts of Chronicles, e.g. 1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 6:16 (= 1 Kings 8:25 without ת׳), refers to Deuteronomic code.
(3) other passages of Chronicles may refer to code of D, but most of them certainly refer to the law of the Priests' code. The same is true of Malachi, Daniel and late Psalms. The phrases are: (ספר) תורת משׁה 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11, 13; תורת יהוה (ספר) Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 9:3; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 17:9; 31:3, 4; 34:14; 35:26; Psalm 19:8; Psalm 119:1; (ספר) תורת האלהים Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 10:29; Nehemiah 10:30; ספר הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 8:3; דִּבְרֵי הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 8:13; הַתּוֺרָה 2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 33:8; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 8:2, 7, 14; Nehemiah 10:35; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:3; מִּיךָ תּ׳ Psalm 119:72; תורתך Nehemiah 9:26, 29, 34; Daniel 9:11; Psalm 119:18; Psalm 119:29; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:44; Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:53; Psalm 119:55; Psalm 119:61; Psalm 119:70; Psalm 119:77; Psalm 119:85; Psalm 119:92; Psalm 119:97; Psalm 119:109; Psalm 119:126; Psalm 119:136; Psalm 119:142; Psalm 119:150; Psalm 119:153; Psalm 119:163; Psalm 119:165; Psalm 119:174; תּוֺרָה (indefinite) || חקים, מצוות Nehemiah 9:14.
3. custom, manner: תּוֺרַת הָאָדָם [H8452 2 Samuel 7:19] the manner of man, not of God, i.e. deal with me as man with man, Thes, law for man RV, but EwGeschichte. iii. 180 reads דּוֺרֹת (וַתַּרְאֵנִי) hast shewed me generations of men; so We Dr. — On ת׳ see further Dr on Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:10 and references
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5

Exodus

12:49; 12:49; 13:9; 13:9; 16:4; 16:28; 18:16; 18:20; 24:12

Leviticus

6:2; 6:7; 6:18; 7:1; 7:7; 7:11; 7:37; 11:46; 12:7; 13:59; 14:2; 14:32; 14:54; 14:57; 15:32; 26:46

Numbers

5:29; 5:30; 6:13; 6:21; 15:16; 15:29; 19:2; 19:14; 31:21

Deuteronomy

1:5; 1:5; 1:10; 4:8; 4:44; 17:11; 17:18; 17:19; 24:8; 27:3; 27:8; 27:26; 28:58; 28:61; 29:20; 29:28; 30:10; 31:9; 31:11; 31:12; 31:24; 31:26; 32:46; 33:4; 33:10; 33:10

Joshua

1:7; 1:8; 8:31; 8:32; 8:34; 8:34; 22:5; 23:6; 24:26

1 Kings

2:3; 8:25

2 Kings

10:31; 14:6; 17:13; 17:34; 17:37; 21:8; 22:8; 22:11; 23:24; 23:25

1 Chronicles

16:40; 22:12

2 Chronicles

6:16; 12:1; 14:3; 15:3; 17:9; 19:10; 23:18; 25:4; 30:16; 31:3; 31:4; 31:21; 33:8; 34:14; 34:15; 34:19; 35:26

Ezra

3:2; 7:6; 7:10; 10:3

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:2; 8:3; 8:7; 8:9; 8:13; 8:14; 8:18; 9:3; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:26; 9:29; 9:34; 10:29; 10:30; 10:35; 10:37; 12:44; 13:3

Job

22:22

Psalms

1:2; 19:8; 37:31; 40:9; 78:1; 78:1; 78:5; 78:10; 89:31; 94:12; 105:45; 119:1; 119:18; 119:29; 119:34; 119:44; 119:51; 119:53; 119:55; 119:61; 119:70; 119:72; 119:77; 119:85; 119:92; 119:97; 119:109; 119:126; 119:136; 119:142; 119:150; 119:153; 119:163; 119:165; 119:174

Proverbs

1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 6:20; 6:23; 7:2; 13:14; 28:4; 28:7; 28:9; 29:18; 31:26

Isaiah

1:10; 2:3; 5:24; 8:16; 8:20; 24:5; 24:5; 30:9; 42:4; 42:21; 42:24; 51:4; 51:7

Jeremiah

2:8; 6:19; 8:8; 9:12; 16:11; 18:18; 26:4; 31:33; 32:23; 32:23; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23

Lamentations

2:9

Ezekiel

7:26; 22:26; 43:11; 43:11; 43:12; 44:5; 44:5; 44:24; 44:24

Daniel

9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:13

Hosea

4:6; 8:1; 8:12

Amos

2:4

Micah

4:4

Habakkuk

1:4

Zephaniah

3:4

Haggai

2:11

Zechariah

7:12

Malachi

2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9

H8451

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8451 matches the Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tôrâ),
which occurs 222 times in 213 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 26:5–Deu 31:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - and you shall teach them the statutes and the decisions, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tables of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 - "And this is the law of the cereal offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, in front of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:25 - "Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:1 - "This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:7 - The guilt offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for them; the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:11 - "And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which one may offer to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37 - This is the law of the burnt offering, of the cereal offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the consecration, and of the peace offerings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:46 - This is the law pertaining to beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - and he shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her; then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law for a leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, to decide whether it is clean or unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - "This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law for him in whom is a leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:54 - This is the law for any leprous disease: for an itch,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 - These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which the LORD made between him and the people of Israel on Mount Sinai by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29 - "This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - "And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the door of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - "This is the law for the Nazirite who takes a vow. His offering to the LORD shall be according to his vow as a Nazirite, apart from what else he can afford; in accordance with the vow which he takes, so shall he do according to the law for his separation as a Nazirite."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native among the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and upon which a yoke has never come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:14 - "This is the law when a man dies in a tent: every one who comes into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - And Elea'zar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle: "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:5 - Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:44 - This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - according to the instructions which they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict which they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:18 - "And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, from that which is in the charge of the Levitical priests;

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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 in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you pass over to enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:8 - And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - "'Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:58 - "If you are not careful to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awful name, the LORD your God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:61 - Every sickness also, and every affliction which is not recorded in the book of this law, the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - And the LORD would single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:29 - "The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses wrote this law, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

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