English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 4:45
45These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 4:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
- New International Version (NIV)These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt
- New King James Version (NKJV)These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,
- New Living Translation (NLT)These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,
Context of Deuteronomy 4:45
43Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. 44This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. 47And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan;
Read all of Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 4:45 word by word
אֵ֚לֶּה הָֽעֵדֹ֔ת וְהַֽחֻקִּ֖ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- the testimoniesעֵדָה‛êdâh · testimonyH5713
- and the statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- and the judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- which Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- unto the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- after they came forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- out of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:45
- Deuteronomy 6:17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- 1 Kings 2:3and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,
- Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
- Deuteronomy 4:1"And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
- Psalms 119:7I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:45
- 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. 41-49Moses was ready to present the covenant with full authority. He spoke as the Lord’s chosen leader and teacher. This section connects two parts of Deuteronomy. First, Moses reviewed Israel’s past journey (1:6–4:40). Next, he began to explain the covenant itself in detail (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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