Exodus 18:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִזְהַרְתָּ֣ה אֶתְהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַתּוֹרֹ֑ת וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣ לָהֶ֗ם אֶת־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ יֵ֣לְכוּ בָ֔הּ וְאֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֽׂוּן׃

Transliteration

wə-hizhartāh ʾethem ʾet-haḥuqqîm and-ʾet-hattôrōt wə-hôdaʿtā to-them ʾet-hadderekh yēləḵû in-it and-ʾet-hammaʿăśeh which yaʿăśûn

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*hizhartāh*: conjunction with perfect, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil form - and you shall warn/teach
• *ʾethem*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *haḥuqqîm*: article with noun, masculine plural - the statutes
• *hattôrōt*: article with noun, feminine plural - the laws/instructions
• *wə*-*hôdaʿtā*: conjunction with perfect, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil form - and you shall make known
• *hadderekh*: article with noun, masculine singular - the way
• *yēləḵû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall walk
• *hammaʿăśeh*: article with noun, masculine singular - the work/deed
• *yaʿăśûn*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with paragogic nun - they shall do

Word Meanings

• *hizhartāh*: warn/teach/instruct/caution
• *hadderekh*: the way/path/manner
• *hammaʿăśeh*: the work/deed/action

Referenced Verses

• Deut 5:1 : 1 And 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 1:18 : 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
• Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
• 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.
• Deut 4:5 : 5 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.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 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 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: 9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, {G3754} If any will not work, neither let him eat. 11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• Exod 18:16 : 16 when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
• Deut 6:1-2 : 1 Now 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; 2 that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
• Deut 7:11 : 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
• Neh 9:13-14 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
• Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
• Jer 42:3 : 3 that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
• Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
• 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.
• Mark 13:34 : 34 [ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, {G2532} commanded also the porter to watch.