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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 - eo quod oboedierit Abraham voci meae et custodierit praecepta et mandata mea et caerimonias legesque servaverit

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 - habebitis autem hanc diem in monumentum et celebrabitis eam sollemnem Domino in generationibus vestris cultu sempiterno

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - et observabitis azyma in eadem enim ipsa die educam exercitum vestrum de terra Aegypti et custodietis diem istum in generationes vestras ritu perpetuo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - dixitque Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron haec est religio phase omnis alienigena non comedet ex eo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - custodies huiuscemodi cultum statuto tempore a diebus in dies

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - in tabernaculo testimonii extra velum quod oppansum est testimonio et conlocabunt eam Aaron et filii eius ut usque mane luceat coram Domino perpetuus erit cultus per successiones eorum a filiis Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - et utentur eis Aaron et filii eius quando ingredientur tabernaculum testimonii vel quando adpropinquant ad altare ut ministrent in sanctuario ne iniquitatis rei moriantur legitimum sempiternum erit Aaron et semini eius post eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - Aaron scilicet et liberos eius et inpones eis mitras eruntque sacerdotes mei in religione perpetua postquam initiaveris manus eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - iure perpetuo in generationibus et cunctis habitaculis vestris nec adipes nec sanguinem omnino comedetis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - et quae praecepit dari eis Dominus a filiis Israhel religione perpetua in generationibus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - vinum et omne quod inebriare potest non bibetis tu et filii tui quando intratis tabernaculum testimonii ne moriamini quia praeceptum est sempiternum in generationes vestras

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - eritque hoc vobis legitimum sempiternum mense septimo decima die mensis adfligetis animas vestras nullumque facietis opus sive indigena sive advena qui peregrinatur inter vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - sabbatum enim requietionis est et adfligetis animas vestras religione perpetua

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - eritque hoc vobis legitimum sempiternum ut oretis pro filiis Israhel et pro cunctis peccatis eorum semel in anno fecit igitur sicut praeceperat Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - et nequaquam ultra immolabunt hostias suas daemonibus cum quibus fornicati sunt legitimum sempiternum erit illis et posteris eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - iuxta consuetudinem terrae Aegypti in qua habitastis non facietis et iuxta morem regionis Chanaan ad quam ego introducturus sum vos non agetis nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - facietis iudicia mea et praecepta servabitis et ambulabitis in eis ego Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - custodite leges meas atque iudicia quae faciens homo vivet in eis ego Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - custodite legitima mea atque iudicia et non faciat ex omnibus abominationibus istis tam indigena quam colonus qui peregrinatur apud vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - custodite mandata mea nolite facere quae fecerunt hii qui fuerunt ante vos et ne polluamini in eis ego Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - leges meas custodite iumenta tua non facies coire cum alterius generis animantibus agrum non seres diverso semine veste quae ex duobus texta est non indueris

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - custodite omnia praecepta mea et universa iudicia et facite ea ego Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - custodite praecepta mea et facite ea ego Dominus qui sanctifico vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - custodite leges meas atque iudicia et facite ea ne et vos evomat terra quam intraturi estis et habitaturi

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - nolite ambulare in legitimis nationum quas ego expulsurus sum ante vos omnia enim haec fecerunt et abominatus sum eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - panem et pulentam et pultes non comedetis ex segete usque ad diem qua offeratis ex ea Deo vestro praeceptum est sempiternum in generationibus cunctisque habitaculis vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - et vocabitis hunc diem celeberrimum atque sanctissimum omne opus servile non facietis in eo legitimum sempiternum erit in cunctis habitaculis et generationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - nihil ergo operis facietis in eo legitimum sempiternum erit vobis in cunctis generationibus et habitationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - celebrabitisque sollemnitatem eius septem diebus per annum legitimum sempiternum erit in generationibus vestris mense septimo festa celebrabitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - extra velum testimonii in tabernaculo foederis ponetque eas Aaron a vespere usque in mane coram Domino cultu rituque perpetuo in generationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - facite praecepta mea et iudicia custodite et implete ea ut habitare possitis in terra absque ullo pavore

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - si in praeceptis meis ambulaveritis et mandata mea custodieritis et feceritis ea dabo vobis pluvias temporibus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - si spreveritis leges meas et iudicia mea contempseritis ut non faciatis ea quae a me constituta sunt et ad irritum perducatis pactum meum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - quae cum relicta fuerit ab eis conplacebit sibi in sabbatis suis patiens solitudinem propter illos ipsi vero rogabunt pro peccatis suis eo quod abiecerint iudicia mea et leges meas despexerint

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - quartadecima die mensis huius ad vesperam iuxta omnes caerimonias et iustificationes eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - non relinquent ex eo quippiam usque mane et os eius non confringent omnem ritum phase observabunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - peregrinus quoque et advena si fuerit apud vos faciet phase Domini iuxta caerimonias et iustificationes eius praeceptum idem erit apud vos tam advenae quam indigenae

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - filii Aaron sacerdotes clangent tubis eritque hoc legitimum sempiternum in generationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - unum praeceptum erit atque iudicium tam vobis quam advenis terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - solis filiis Levi mihi in tabernaculo servientibus et portantibus peccata populi legitimum sempiternum erit in generationibus vestris nihil aliud possidebunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - ista est religio victimae quam constituit Dominus praecipe filiis Israhel ut adducant ad te vaccam rufam aetatis integrae in qua nulla sit macula nec portaverit iugum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - cumque laverit qui vaccae portaverat cineres vestimenta sua inmundus erit usque ad vesperum habebunt hoc filii Israhel et advenae qui habitant inter eos sanctum iure perpetuo

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - erit hoc praeceptum legitimum sempiternum ipse quoque qui aspergit aquas lavabit vestimenta sua omnis qui tetigerit aquas expiationis inmundus erit usque ad vesperam

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - sin autem nec patruos habuerit dabitur hereditas his qui ei proximi sunt eritque hoc filiis Israhel sanctum lege perpetua sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus qui pugnaverant sic locutus est hoc est praeceptum legis quod mandavit Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - haec sempiterna erunt et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum et custodias omnia mandata et praecepta eius quae ego praecipio tibi et filiis ac nepotibus tuis cunctis diebus vitae tuae ut prolongentur dies tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - observa et cave nequando obliviscaris Domini Dei tui et neglegas mandata eius atque iudicia et caerimonias quas ego praecipio tibi hodie

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - custodiasque mandata Domini et caerimonias eius quas ego hodie praecipio ut bene sit tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - ama itaque Dominum Deum tuum et observa praecepta eius et caerimonias iudicia atque mandata omni tempore

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