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Lexicon :: Strong's H2708 - ḥuqqâ

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חֻקָּה
Transliteration
ḥuqqâ
Pronunciation
khook-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 728b

Strong’s Definitions

חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

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

    1. statute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
STRONGS H2708: Abbreviations
† חֻקָּה 104 noun feminineExodus 13:10 something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ח׳ Numbers 9:14 + 2 times; construct חֻקַּת Exodus 12:14 + 28 times; plural חֻקּוֺת Jeremiah 5:24 + 12 times; חֻקֹּת Leviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 + 14 times; חֻקֹּתַי Leviticus 18:4 + 21 times etc.; —
1. singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exodus 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), חקת הפסח Exodus 12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14; התורה ח׳ Numbers 19:2; Numbers 31:21; משׁפט ח׳ Numbers 27:11; Numbers 35:29; עולם ח׳ Exodus 12:14, 17; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 16:29, 31, 34; Leviticus 23:21, 31; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:15; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 19:10, 21 (all P), Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 23:14, 41 (H); חֻקָּה אַחַת לַגֵּר ולאזרךְ Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:15.
2. plural statutes:
a. of nature שׁמים ח׳ Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25; of moon and stars Jeremiah 31:35; of weeks of harvest Jeremiah 5:24.
b. figurative of a firmly established custom הגוי(םׅ ח׳ Leviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; העמים ח׳ Jeremiah 10:3 עמרי ח׳ Micah 6:16; idolatry ישׂראל ח׳ 2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).
c. דוד ח׳ statutes of David 1 Kings 3:3.
d. || משׁפטים 2 Samuel 22:23 ＝Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); || מצות Psalm 89:32; ברית וח׳ 1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Leviticus 18:5, 26; Leviticus 19:37; Leviticus 20:22 (H), Leviticus 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9; Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 19, 21; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצות Leviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; תורה ומצוה 2 Kings 17:34; or else משׁפטים וחקות Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 20:16, 24; Ezekiel 37:24; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ועדות מצות ומ׳ ח׳ 1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ומצות ח׳ Leviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:19; or מצות (ו)ח׳ Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 28:15, 45; Deuteronomy 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורות Genesis 26:5 (R); מצות ועדות וח׳ 2 Kings 23:3; תורה וח׳ Jeremiah 44:10; ותורה וח׳ ועדות Jeremiah 44:23; ותורות ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co); תורות יח׳ Ezekiel 44:24; special ordinances are המזבח ח׳ Ezekiel 43:18; בית י׳ ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; חיים ח׳ Ezekiel 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ח׳ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Talm Co strike out עולם) Ezekiel 46:14.
e. phrases of obedience are הלך ב׳ Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Jeremiah 44:10, 23; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, 16, 19, 21; Ezekiel 33:15; שׁמר Leviticus 18:4, 5, 26; Leviticus 19:19, 37; Leviticus 20:8, 22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 30:10, 16; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:11, 34, 38; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Kings 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19, 21; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:24; עשׂה Leviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; עשׂה כח׳ 2 Kings 17:34; אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע בח׳ Psalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are מאס ח׳ Ezekiel 20:24 מאס בח׳ Leviticus 26:15 (H); געל Leviticus 26:43 (H); עזב 2 Chronicles 7:19; חלל Psalm 89:32. —
[חֹק and חֻקָּה differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה only 2 Chronicles 7:19); חֻקָּה often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק occurs Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah + 3 times, Ezekiel + 6 times, חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 times) and Micah 6:16; חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 times) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually ＝due, חֻקַּת ע׳ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5; 26:5

Exodus

12:14; 12:14; 12:17; 12:43; 13:10; 13:10; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9

Leviticus

3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29; 16:31; 16:34; 17:7; 18:3; 18:4; 18:4; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:26; 18:26; 18:30; 19:19; 19:37; 19:37; 20:8; 20:22; 20:22; 20:23; 20:23; 20:23; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 24:3; 25:18; 25:18; 26:3; 26:3; 26:15; 26:15; 26:43; 26:43

Numbers

9:3; 9:12; 9:14; 9:14; 9:14; 10:8; 15:15; 15:15; 18:23; 19:2; 19:10; 19:21; 27:11; 31:21; 35:29

Deuteronomy

6:2; 6:2; 8:11; 8:11; 10:13; 10:13; 11:1; 11:1; 28:15; 28:15; 28:45; 28:45; 30:10; 30:10; 30:16; 30:16

2 Samuel

22:23

1 Kings

2:3; 2:3; 3:3; 3:3; 6:12; 6:12; 9:6; 9:6; 11:11; 11:11; 11:33; 11:33; 11:34; 11:34; 11:38; 11:38

2 Kings

17:8; 17:8; 17:13; 17:13; 17:19; 17:19; 17:34; 17:34; 23:3; 23:3

2 Chronicles

7:19; 7:19; 7:19

Job

38:33

Psalms

18:23; 89:32; 89:32; 119; 119:16

Isaiah

5:14; 24:5

Jeremiah

5:24; 5:24; 10:3; 31:35; 31:35; 33:25; 44:10; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23

Ezekiel

5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 11:20; 11:20; 18:9; 18:9; 18:17; 18:17; 18:19; 18:21; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 20:16; 20:16; 20:19; 20:19; 20:21; 20:21; 20:24; 20:24; 33:15; 33:15; 37:24; 37:24; 43:11; 43:11; 43:11; 43:18; 44:5; 44:5; 44:24; 44:24; 46:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

6:16; 6:16; 7:11

H2708

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2708 matches the Hebrew חֻקָּה (ḥuqqâ),
which occurs 105 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:5–Deu 11:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 - And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - And ye shall keep the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall keep this day in your generations as an ordinance for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - And thou shalt keep this ordinance at its set time from year to year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: it is an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - And thou shalt gird them with the girdle -- Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - It is an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - which Jehovah commanded to be given them by the children of Israel in the day that he anointed them: it is an everlasting statute, throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die -- it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you. In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel to cleanse them from all their sins once a year. And he did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be an everlasting statute unto them for their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - But *ye* shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - My statutes shall ye observe. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with another sort; thou shalt not sow thy field with seed of two sorts; and a garment woven of two materials shall not come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them, that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein vomit you not out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And ye shall not eat bread, or roast corn, or green ears, until the same day that ye have brought the offering of your God: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - And ye shall make proclamation on that same day -- a holy convocation shall it be unto you: no manner of servile work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - No manner of work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month shall ye celebrate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron dress it from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - If ye walk in my statutes, and observe my commandments and do them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - and if ye shall despise my statutes, and if your soul shall abhor mine ordinances, so that ye do not all my commandments, that ye break my covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - For the land shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, when it is in desolation without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my judgments, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings, ye shall hold it at its set time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to every ordinance of the passover shall they hold it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, according to the rite of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do. Ye shall have one rite, both for the stranger and for him that is born in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without blemish, wherein is no defect, and upon which never came yoke;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he that hath gathered the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. And it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, an everlasting statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - And if his father have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is nearest to him in his family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of right, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - that thou mayest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - Beware that thou forget not Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - Thou shalt love then Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments continually.

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