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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 BoxGen 26:5 - Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, H2708 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 keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance H2708 for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance H2708 for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance H2708 of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance H2708 in his season from year to year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever unto their generations on the behalf 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 upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever unto 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 girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: H2708 and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - It shall be a perpetual statute H2708 for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute H2708 for ever throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever throughout your generations:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And this shall be a statute H2708 for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute H2708 for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - And this shall be an everlasting statute H2708 unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute H2708 for ever unto them throughout 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 ordinances. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, H2708 to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, H2708 and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes H2708 and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, H2708 which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - Ye shall keep my statutes. H2708 Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, H2708 and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - And ye shall keep my statutes, H2708 and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, H2708 and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue 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 manners H2708 of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever 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 proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever 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 keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute H2708 for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever in your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, H2708 and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - If ye walk in my statutes, H2708 and keep 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, H2708 or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites H2708 of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances H2708 of the passover they shall keep 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 will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance H2708 of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, H2708 both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance H2708 for ever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - One ordinance H2708 shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance H2708 for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute H2708 for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the ordinance H2708 of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he that gathereth 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, for a statute H2708 for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - And it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; 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, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute H2708 of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance H2708 of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - So these things shall be for a statute H2708 of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes H2708 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 the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, H2708 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 the LORD, and his statutes, H2708 which I command thee this day for thy good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, H2708 and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

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