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"Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
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God's Rules for Society
Commentators explain that the word 'ordinances' or 'judgments' refers to the specific civil and judicial laws for Israel's society. Unlike the broad moral principles of the Ten Commandments, these were the practical rules meant to guide judges and govern daily life, all founded on God's own justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Judgments - that is, decisions of the law.
19th Century
Anglican
These are the judgments. —“The laws” (Knobel), “the rights” (Keil), “the rules which shall guide judicial decisions” (Pool). The p…
16th Century
Protestant
Now these are the judgments. Both passages contain the same regulation, namely, that for Hebrews, slavery must end in the seventh year. Fo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now these are the judgments The judicial laws respecting the civil state of the people of Israel, so called because they …
The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us,…
