Exodus 18:20

World English Bible (2000)

You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which 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 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
• Deut 1:18 : 18 I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
• Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
• Deut 4:1 : 1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
• Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
• 2 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. 7 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you, 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you; 9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat." 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are that way, 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 to 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 Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; 2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
• Deut 7:11 : 11 You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
• Neh 9:13-14 : 13 "You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
• Isa 30:21 : 21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says Yahweh, "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
• Jer 42:3 : 3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
• Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, 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 will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
• Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
• Mark 13:34 : 34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.