New English Translation
Deuteronomy 4:1
1Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.
Context of Deuteronomy 4:1
Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you. 3You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
Read all of Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 4:1 word by word
וְעַתָּ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁמַ֤ע אֶל־הַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְאֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָֽנֹכִ֛י מְלַמֵּ֥ד אֶתְכֶ֖ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת לְמַ֣עַן תִּֽחְי֗וּ וּבָאתֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now therefore hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- unto the statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- and unto the judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- which I teachלָמַדlâmad · to learn: teachH3925
- you, for to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- that ye may liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- and go inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:1
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
- Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!
- Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed
- Deuteronomy 8:1You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.
- Deuteronomy 11:1You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.
- Leviticus 19:37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”
- Leviticus 20:8You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 22:31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the Lord.
- Psalms 105:45so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!
- Psalms 119:4You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.
- Ezekiel 11:20so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
- Ezekiel 37:24“‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- Luke 1:6They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hearken - unto the statutes - Every thing that concerned the rites and ceremonies of religion; judgments - all that concerned matters of civil right and wrong.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The general entreaty contained in this chapter is pointed by special mention and enforcement of the fundamental principles of the whole covenant Deuteronomy 4:9-40, the spiritual nature of the Deity, His exclusive right to their allegiance, His abhorrence of idolatry in every form, His choice of them for His elect people. Compare further Moses‘ third and last address, Deuteronomy 2730.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Earnest exhortations to obedience, and dissuasives from idolatry. (1-23) Warnings against disobedience, and promises of mercy. (24-40) Cities of refuge appointed. (41-49) Verses 1-23 The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and reason of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may be applied to those who live under the gospel. What are laws made for but to be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The terms statutes and ordinances in Deuteronomy refer to the covenant rules and the detailed application of the main principles of God's law (for example, 4:5, 8, 14, 45; 5:1, 31; see also study note on 4:44).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you--By statutes were meant all ordinances respecting religion and the rites of divine worship; and by judgments, all enactments relative to civil matters. The two embraced the whole law of God.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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