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You must obey them as long as you live. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> “These are the statutes and rules that you shall be careful to do in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">King James Bible</a> These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/12.htm">New King James Version</a> “These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully follow in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall be careful to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “These are the statutes and judgments (precepts) which you shall be careful to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now I'll tell you the laws and teachings that you have to obey as long as you live. Your ancestors worshiped the LORD, and he is giving you this land. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> These are the statutes and the judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Here are the laws and rules you must faithfully obey in the land that the LORD God of your ancestors is giving you as your own. You must obey them as long as you live in the land. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Here are the laws that you are to obey as long as you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Listen to them! <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> "These are the statutes and ordinances that you must carefully observe in the land that the LORD God of your ancestors has given you to possess every day that you live on the earth. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/12.htm">NET Bible</a> These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/12.htm">World English Bible</a> These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “These [are] the statutes and the judgments which you observe to do in the land which YHWH, God of your fathers, has given to you to possess it, all the days that you are living on the ground. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> These are the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground: <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> These the laws and the judgments which ye shall watch to do in the land which Jehovah the God of thy fathers gave to thee to possess it all the days which ye live upon the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “These are the precepts and judgments which you must do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to you, so that you may possess it during all the days that you shall walk upon the soil. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/12.htm">New American Bible</a> These are the statutes and ordinances which you must be careful to observe in the land which the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess, throughout the time you live on its soil. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These are the statutes and ordinances that you must diligently observe in the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to occupy all the days that you live on the earth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THESE are the statutes and judgments which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess all the days that you live upon the earth. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> "These are the laws and judgments that you shall observe and you shall do in the land that LORD JEHOVAH God of your fathers gives you to inherit, all of the days that you live in the land.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And these are the ordinances and the judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which ye live upon the land. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=3538" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/12.htm">One Place for Worship</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These are</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: ha·ḥuq·qîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">the statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: wə·ham·miš·pā·ṭîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Judgment. ">and ordinances</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mə·rūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">you must be careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yîm (N-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">live</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your fathers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">has given</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: lə·riš·tāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">to possess.</a> 2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3-5</a> You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs. / You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God. / Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD. <a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Exodus 23:24-25</a> You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces. / So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you. <a href="/joshua/23-6.htm">Joshua 23:6-8</a> Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left. / So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them. / Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. <a href="/2_kings/17-37.htm">2 Kings 17:37-39</a> And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. / Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods, / but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.” <a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">1 Kings 8:58-61</a> May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. / And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires, / so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other! ... <a href="/psalms/119-4.htm">Psalm 119:4-5</a> You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. / Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! <a href="/nehemiah/1-7.htm">Nehemiah 1:7-9</a> We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses. / Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ <a href="/ezekiel/20-19.htm">Ezekiel 20:19-20</a> I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23</a> but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-7</a> And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— / I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-19</a> Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. / So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a> If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. <a href="/romans/7-12.htm">Romans 7:12</a> So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-19.htm">1 Corinthians 7:19</a> Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts. <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a> For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>These are the statutes and judgments, which you shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.the statues<a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1,2,5,45</a> Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1,2</a> Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: … all the days<a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">Deuteronomy 12:19</a> Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a> And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.<a href="/1_kings/8-40.htm">1 Kings 8:40</a> That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-22.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-21.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-31.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-31.htm">Live</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-31.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Statutes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Care</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-5.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-10.htm">Live</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-16.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-12.htm">Statutes</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 12</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed</a> 4. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-4.htm">The place of God's service to be kept</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Blood is forbidden</a> 17. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a> 19. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-19.htm">The Levite is not to be forsaken</a> 20. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-20.htm">Blood is again forbidden</a> 26. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">and holy things must be eaten in the holy place</a> 29. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Idolatry is not to be enquired after</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Deuteronomy, these statutes and ordinances are part of the covenantal framework given to Israel. They are not merely legalistic commands but are intended to guide the Israelites in their relationship with God and with each other. The term "statutes" often refers to permanent laws, while "ordinances" can imply judgments or decisions that apply to specific situations. This duality underscores the comprehensive nature of God's law, covering both general principles and specific applications.you must be careful to follow The emphasis on careful observance highlights the importance of intentionality and diligence in obeying God's commands. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where obedience is a response to God's grace and a means of maintaining fellowship with Him. The call to carefulness suggests that obedience is not automatic but requires conscious effort and commitment. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are urged to live out their faith with intentionality (<a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12</a>).all the days you live in the land This phrase underscores the perpetual nature of the covenantal obligations. The laws are not temporary but are to be observed continually as long as the Israelites inhabit the Promised Land. This reflects the enduring nature of God's covenant with His people. The land itself is a significant theme in Deuteronomy, symbolizing God's promise and blessing. The Israelites' tenure in the land is contingent upon their obedience, as seen in the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.that the LORD, the God of your fathers, This phrase emphasizes the continuity of God's covenantal relationship with Israel. The reference to "the God of your fathers" connects the present generation to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—highlighting the faithfulness of God across generations. It serves as a reminder of the historical and relational context of the covenant, rooted in God's promises to the forefathers of Israel. This continuity is a recurring theme in Scripture, affirming God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His people.has given you to possess. The land is described as a gift from God, underscoring His sovereignty and grace. The concept of possession implies both a privilege and a responsibility. The Israelites are to steward the land according to God's laws, reflecting His holiness and justice. This idea of divine gift and human responsibility is a recurring biblical theme, seen in the stewardship of creation (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>) and the parables of Jesus (e.g., <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a>). The land as a divine gift also foreshadows the spiritual inheritance promised to believers in Christ (<a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, preparing to enter the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who has given the land to His people. 5. <a href="/topical/s/statutes_and_ordinances.htm">Statutes and Ordinances</a> The laws and commands given by God for the Israelites to follow.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The importance of adhering to God's statutes and ordinances is emphasized. Obedience is not just a one-time act but a lifelong commitment. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_promised_land.htm">Living in the Promised Land</a> The Israelites are reminded that their possession of the land is a gift from God, contingent upon their faithfulness to His commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a> The passage underscores God's sovereignty in giving the land and His faithfulness to His promises to the patriarchs. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_distinctiveness.htm">Holiness and Distinctiveness</a> The statutes and ordinances are designed to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation, distinct from the surrounding peoples. <a href="/topical/a/application_for_today.htm">Application for Today</a> Believers today are called to live by God's Word, recognizing that His commands are for our good and His glory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 12</a> <a href="/q/how_do_i_serve_god.htm">How do I serve God?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_halakhah.htm">What is Halakhah?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_micah_justify_his_shrine.htm">Why does Micah in Judges 17:5–6 feel justified in creating his own household shrine, despite the earlier commands against idol worship? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_zech._5_9_with_pagan_bans.htm">How should we reconcile the imagery of stork-winged women transporting the basket in Zechariah 5:9 with the broader biblical prohibition of associating with pagan symbols? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XII.(1) These are the statutes and judgments.--The word Mitzvah--commandment, or duty--is not used here. Particular institutions and requirements are now before us.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Ver 1. - These are the statutes and judgments (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1</a>). Moses, as the servant of God, had taught Israel statutes and rights, as God had commanded him (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-5.htm">Deuteronomy 4:5</a>); and now he recapitulates the principal of these for their guidance in the way of obedience. These they were to observe all the days of their life upon the land that was to be given them; the land was the Lord's, and there, as long as they possessed it, the Law of the Lord was to be paramount. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These [are] אֵ֠לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those the statutes הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים (ha·ḥuq·qîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> Something prescribed or owed, a statute and ordinances וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ (wə·ham·miš·pā·ṭîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style you must be careful תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן (tiš·mə·rūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to to follow לַעֲשׂוֹת֒ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the days הַיָּמִ֔ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you live חַיִּ֖ים (ḥay·yîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life in the land בָּאָ֕רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD, יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֧י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of your fathers, אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ (’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father has given נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set you to possess. לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ (lə·riš·tāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 12:1 These are the statutes and the ordinances (Deut. 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