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Deuteronomy 4:44
44This is the law Moses gave the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 4:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
- New International Version (NIV)This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
Context of Deuteronomy 4:44
42Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive: 43Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau land, belonging to the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gadites; or Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manassites. This is the law Moses gave the Israelites. 45These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt, 46across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.
Read all of Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 4:44 word by word
וְזֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:44
- Deuteronomy 1:5Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- Deuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 27:3Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 33:4Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
- Leviticus 27:34These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 36:13These are the commands and ordinances the Lord commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Malachi 4:4“Remember the instruction of Moses my servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
- John 1:17for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:44
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44-49Verses 44-49 These verses would be more properly assigned to the next chapter. They are intended to serve as the announcement and introduction of the address now to be commenced. Deuteronomy 4:44 gives a kind of general title to the whole of the weighty address, including in fact the central part and substance of the book, which now follows in 22 chapters, divided into two groups: (a) Deuteronomy 4:46, the full fruition of which was to be consequent on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-49Verses 41-49 Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before them, as the rule they were to work by, the way they were to walk in. He sets it before them, as the glass in which they were to see their natural face, that, looking into this perfect law of liberty, they might continue therein. These are the laws, given when Israel was newly come out of Egypt…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44law (Hebrew Torah): This word comes from the verb yarah, which means "to teach." Its basic meaning is "instruction." The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) translates this word as “law.” In this passage, the word introduces the main section of teaching that follows in Deuteronomy (see study note on 5:1–26:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-4944-49. this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel--This is a preface to the rehearsal of the law, which, with the addition of various explanatory circumstances, the following chapters contain.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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