Deuteronomy 33:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 7:19 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
Deut 9:26-29 : 26 And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin, 28 lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.
Ps 119:72 : 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 4:44-45
2 verses
78%
44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
Num 34:1
76%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 33:5
75%
5And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Num 36:4-5
2 verses
75%
4And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right.
Num 34:16
74%
16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 32:9
74%
9For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Deut 31:9
74%
9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Num 30:1
73%
1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.
Ps 81:4
73%
4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Num 34:13
73%
13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe;
Deut 27:11
73%
11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
Exod 35:4
73%
4And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,
Josh 17:4
73%
4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Ps 78:5
73%
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
Num 29:40
73%
40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
Deut 31:25
73%
25that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,
Mal 4:4
73%
4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Exod 35:1
73%
1And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Deut 4:14
72%
14And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
1 Chr 16:17
72%
17And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Num 35:1
72%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 15:17
72%
17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 27:34
72%
34These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Deut 27:1
72%
1And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
Deut 33:3
72%
3Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; [Every one] shall receive of thy words.
Num 27:11
72%
11And 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 [and] ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Deut 1:5
72%
5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deut 5:1
71%
1And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
Deut 33:1
71%
1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Exod 34:32
71%
32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
Ps 105:10
71%
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Num 32:28
71%
28So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Num 15:1
71%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 8:5
71%
5And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.
Neh 9:14
71%
14and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
Num 35:9
71%
9And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 36:13
71%
13These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Exod 19:7
71%
7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.
Ps 47:4
71%
4He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah
Num 27:6
71%
6And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 31:1
70%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Josh 14:3
70%
3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the {H2677} half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
Deut 4:5
70%
5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
Josh 13:32
70%
32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
Num 33:50
70%
50And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 1:48
70%
48For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,