Charles Ellicott Commentary Deuteronomy 12:1

"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." — Deuteronomy 12:1 (ASV)

These are the statutes and judgments. —The word Mitzvah—commandment, or duty—is not used here. Particular institutions and requirements are now before us.