Deuteronomy 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְאֵ֣ה ׀ לִמַּ֣דְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֗ם חֻקִּים֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוַּ֖נִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם בָּאִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

Transliteration

Rᵉʾēh, limmadtî ʾetkhem ḥuqqîm and-mishpāṭîm according-as ṣiwwanî YHWH my-ʾĕlōhāy to-laʿăśôt thus in-qereb the-ʾāreṣ which ʾattem bāʾîm there to-lᵉrishtāh

Grammar Details

*rᵉʾēh*: imperative verb, qal, masculine singular - see/behold
*limmadtî*: verb, piel perfect, first person singular - I have taught
*ʾetkhem*: direct object marker with second person masculine plural suffix - you
*ḥuqqîm*: noun, masculine plural - statutes/decrees
*û*: conjunction - and
*mishpāṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - judgments/ordinances
*kaʾăsher*: conjunction - as/just as
*ṣiwwanî*: verb, piel perfect, third person masculine singular with first person singular suffix - he commanded me
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhāy*: noun, masculine plural with first person singular suffix - my God
*laʿăśôt*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal - to do/perform
*kēn*: adverb - thus/so
*qereb*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
*ʾattem*: pronoun, second person masculine plural - you
*bāʾîm*: participle, qal, masculine plural - coming/entering
*shāmmâ*: adverb - there/to there
*lᵉrishtāh*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal with third person feminine singular suffix - to possess it

Word Meanings

*rᵉʾēh*: see/behold/look/observe
*limmadtî*: I have taught/instructed/trained
*ḥuqqîm*: statutes/decrees/prescribed limits
*mishpāṭîm*: judgments/ordinances/legal decisions
*ṣiwwanî*: he commanded me/he ordered me
*laʿăśôt*: to do/to perform/to observe
*qereb*: midst/interior/among
*bāʾîm*: coming/entering/going
*lᵉrishtāh*: to possess it/to inherit it/to occupy it

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:1 : 1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Acts 20:27 : 27 For I {G5288} shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
1 Cor 11:28 : 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you {G1722} first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — that ye abound more and more. 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Heb 3:5 : 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

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Deut 4:14
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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.
Deut 6:1
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1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;
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1And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
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Deut 5:31-33
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31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
32Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
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Deut 12:1
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Deut 11:31-32
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31For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
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Deut 6:17-18
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17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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Deut 30:16
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Deut 11:8
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8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go over to possess it;
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Deut 4:6
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Deut 4:8
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Deut 7:11
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10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
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8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deut 26:16
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Deut 17:11
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Deut 4:44
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44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
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19I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
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Deut 16:20
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Deut 3:21
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