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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 2 / 3 (Deu 28:15–Eze 46:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes H2708 which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes H2708 which he commanded thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes H2708 which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes H2708 and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 - For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, H2708 I did not depart from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, H2708 and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes H2708 of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, H2708 and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes H2708 which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:11 - Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, H2708 which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes H2708 and my judgments, as did David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes H2708 and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:8 - And walked in the statutes H2708 of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, H2708 according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:19 - Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes H2708 of Israel which they made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 - Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, H2708 or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 - And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes H2708 with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:19 - But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes H2708 and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Knowest thou the ordinances H2708 of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:22 - For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes H2708 from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - If they break my statutes, H2708 and keep not my commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I will delight myself in thy statutes: H2708 I will not forget thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed H2708 weeks of the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs H2708 of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances H2708 of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:25 - Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances H2708 of heaven and earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10 - They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, H2708 that I set before you and before your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, H2708 nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes H2708 more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, H2708 they have not walked in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, H2708 neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20 - That they may walk in my statutes, H2708 and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - Hath walked in my statutes, H2708 and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17 - That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; H2708 he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, H2708 and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, H2708 and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - And I gave them my statutes, H2708 and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, H2708 and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, H2708 but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:19 - I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, H2708 and keep my judgments, and do them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, H2708 neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24 - Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, H2708 and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes H2708 of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:24 - And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, H2708 and do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances H2708 thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances H2708 thereof, and do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances H2708 of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances H2708 of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes H2708 in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance H2708 unto the LORD.

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