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Deuteronomy 12:1

Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do,.... Which are recorded in this and the following chapters; here a new discourse begins, and which perhaps was delivered at another…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Moses now passes on to apply Deut. 12–26 the leading principles of the Decalogue to the ecclesiastical, civil, and social life of the people. Particulars will be noticed which are unique to the Law as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:1-4

From those great original truths, That there is a God, and that there is but one God, arise those great fundamental laws, That that God is to be worshipped, and he only, and that therefore we are to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

These are the statutes and the judgements As in Deu 6:1 but minusthe Commandment or Charge (Miṣwah) because this, the introductory enforcement of the religious principles on which the laws are based,…