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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 Abraham obeyed 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 - "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as an ordinance for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - You shall therefore keep this ordinance at its appointed 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 tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute for ever to be observed throughout their generations by the people 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 go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - and you shall gird them with girdles and bind caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - the LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, on the day that they were anointed; it is a perpetual due throughout their generations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - "Drink no wine nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - "And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - So they shall no more slay their sacrifices for satyrs, after whom they play the harlot. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - "You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - And you shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - Keep my statutes, and do them; I am the LORD who sanctify you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - "You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute 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 you shall make proclamation on the same day; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - You shall do no work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.

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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, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - "Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and perform them; so you will dwell in the land securely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - "If you 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 - if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - But the land shall be left by them, and enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my ordinances, 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 of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its ordinances you shall keep 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 of it; according to all the statute for 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 sojourns among you, and will keep the passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner 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 tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; and among the people of Israel they shall have 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 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 Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. And this shall be to the people of Israel, and to the stranger who sojourns among them, a perpetual statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - And it shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be to the people of Israel a statute and ordinance, as the LORD commanded Moses.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

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 Box Num 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - "And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - "Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I command you this day for your good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - "You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments always.

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