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These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
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A Summary of Practical Laws
Commentators explain that this verse is a concluding statement for a specific set of laws. These weren't just general moral principles, but practical, judicial laws ('judgments') concerning the division of Canaan, rules for inheritance, and the establishment of cities of refuge, all given to prepare Israel for life in the Promised Land.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The daughters of Zelophehad had obtained an ordinance (Numbers 28:6–11) which permitted the daughters of an Israelite dying without mal…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
These are the commandments and the judgments The judicial laws concerning the division of the land of Canaan, the ca…
These are the judgments the Lord commanded in the plains of Moab. Most of them related to the settlement in Canaan, into which the Israelites were …
