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Lexicon :: Strong's H2708 - ḥuqqâ

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חֻקָּה
Transliteration
ḥuqqâ
Pronunciation
khook-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 728b

Strong’s Definitions

חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

  1. statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed

    1. statute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
STRONGS H2708: Abbreviations
† חֻקָּה 104 noun feminineExodus 13:10 something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ח׳ Numbers 9:14 + 2 times; construct חֻקַּת Exodus 12:14 + 28 times; plural חֻקּוֺת Jeremiah 5:24 + 12 times; חֻקֹּת Leviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 + 14 times; חֻקֹּתַי Leviticus 18:4 + 21 times etc.; —
1. singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exodus 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), חקת הפסח Exodus 12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14; התורה ח׳ Numbers 19:2; Numbers 31:21; משׁפט ח׳ Numbers 27:11; Numbers 35:29; עולם ח׳ Exodus 12:14, 17; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 16:29, 31, 34; Leviticus 23:21, 31; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:15; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 19:10, 21 (all P), Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 23:14, 41 (H); חֻקָּה אַחַת לַגֵּר ולאזרךְ Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:15.
2. plural statutes:
a. of nature שׁמים ח׳ Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25; of moon and stars Jeremiah 31:35; of weeks of harvest Jeremiah 5:24.
b. figurative of a firmly established custom הגוי(םׅ ח׳ Leviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; העמים ח׳ Jeremiah 10:3 עמרי ח׳ Micah 6:16; idolatry ישׂראל ח׳ 2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).
c. דוד ח׳ statutes of David 1 Kings 3:3.
d. || משׁפטים 2 Samuel 22:23 ＝Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); || מצות Psalm 89:32; ברית וח׳ 1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Leviticus 18:5, 26; Leviticus 19:37; Leviticus 20:22 (H), Leviticus 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9; Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 19, 21; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצות Leviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; תורה ומצוה 2 Kings 17:34; or else משׁפטים וחקות Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 20:16, 24; Ezekiel 37:24; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ועדות מצות ומ׳ ח׳ 1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ומצות ח׳ Leviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:19; or מצות (ו)ח׳ Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 28:15, 45; Deuteronomy 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורות Genesis 26:5 (R); מצות ועדות וח׳ 2 Kings 23:3; תורה וח׳ Jeremiah 44:10; ותורה וח׳ ועדות Jeremiah 44:23; ותורות ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co); תורות יח׳ Ezekiel 44:24; special ordinances are המזבח ח׳ Ezekiel 43:18; בית י׳ ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; חיים ח׳ Ezekiel 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ח׳ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Talm Co strike out עולם) Ezekiel 46:14.
e. phrases of obedience are הלך ב׳ Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Jeremiah 44:10, 23; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, 16, 19, 21; Ezekiel 33:15; שׁמר Leviticus 18:4, 5, 26; Leviticus 19:19, 37; Leviticus 20:8, 22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 30:10, 16; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:11, 34, 38; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Kings 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19, 21; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:24; עשׂה Leviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; עשׂה כח׳ 2 Kings 17:34; אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע בח׳ Psalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are מאס ח׳ Ezekiel 20:24 מאס בח׳ Leviticus 26:15 (H); געל Leviticus 26:43 (H); עזב 2 Chronicles 7:19; חלל Psalm 89:32. —
[חֹק and חֻקָּה differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה only 2 Chronicles 7:19); חֻקָּה often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק occurs Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah + 3 times, Ezekiel + 6 times, חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 times) and Micah 6:16; חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 times) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually ＝due, חֻקַּת ע׳ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5; 26:5

Exodus

12:14; 12:14; 12:17; 12:43; 13:10; 13:10; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9

Leviticus

3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29; 16:31; 16:34; 17:7; 18:3; 18:4; 18:4; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:26; 18:26; 18:30; 19:19; 19:37; 19:37; 20:8; 20:22; 20:22; 20:23; 20:23; 20:23; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 24:3; 25:18; 25:18; 26:3; 26:3; 26:15; 26:15; 26:43; 26:43

Numbers

9:3; 9:12; 9:14; 9:14; 9:14; 10:8; 15:15; 15:15; 18:23; 19:2; 19:10; 19:21; 27:11; 31:21; 35:29

Deuteronomy

6:2; 6:2; 8:11; 8:11; 10:13; 10:13; 11:1; 11:1; 28:15; 28:15; 28:45; 28:45; 30:10; 30:10; 30:16; 30:16

2 Samuel

22:23

1 Kings

2:3; 2:3; 3:3; 3:3; 6:12; 6:12; 9:6; 9:6; 11:11; 11:11; 11:33; 11:33; 11:34; 11:34; 11:38; 11:38

2 Kings

17:8; 17:8; 17:13; 17:13; 17:19; 17:19; 17:34; 17:34; 23:3; 23:3

2 Chronicles

7:19; 7:19; 7:19

Job

38:33

Psalms

18:23; 89:32; 89:32; 119; 119:16

Isaiah

5:14; 24:5

Jeremiah

5:24; 5:24; 10:3; 31:35; 31:35; 33:25; 44:10; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23

Ezekiel

5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 11:20; 11:20; 18:9; 18:9; 18:17; 18:17; 18:19; 18:21; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 20:16; 20:16; 20:19; 20:19; 20:21; 20:21; 20:24; 20:24; 33:15; 33:15; 37:24; 37:24; 43:11; 43:11; 43:11; 43:18; 44:5; 44:5; 44:24; 44:24; 46:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

6:16; 6:16; 7:11

H2708

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2708 matches the Hebrew חֻקָּה (ḥuqqâ),
which occurs 105 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:5–Deu 11:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because Abraham [fn]obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes H2708 and My laws.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 - ‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as [fn]a permanent ordinance. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - ‘You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a [fn]permanent ordinance. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance H2708 of the Passover: no [fn]foreigner is to eat of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - “Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance H2708 at its appointed time from [fn]year to year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - “In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout their generations [fn]for the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur [fn]guilt and die. It shall be a statute H2708 forever to him and to his [fn]descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - “You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind [fn]caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. H2708 So you shall [fn]ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - ‘It is a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - ‘[fn]These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed them. It is their due H2708 forever throughout their generations.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - “This shall be a permanent statute H2708 for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - “It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - “Now you shall have this as a permanent statute, H2708 to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - “They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the [fn]goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute H2708 to them throughout their generations.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - ‘You shall not do [fn]what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do [fn]what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - ‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, H2708 [fn]to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - ‘So you shall keep My statutes H2708 and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - ‘But as for you, you are to keep My statutes H2708 and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - ‘Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs H2708 which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - ‘You are to keep My statutes. H2708 You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - ‘You shall thus observe all My statutes H2708 and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - ‘You shall keep My statutes H2708 and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes H2708 and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [fn]live will not spew you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Moreover, you shall not [fn]follow the customs H2708 of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - ‘Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute H2708 in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - “You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - ‘You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - “Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - ‘You shall thus observe My statutes H2708 and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - ‘If you walk in My statutes H2708 and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if, instead, you reject My statutes, H2708 and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, [fn]because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes. H2708

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - “On the fourteenth day of this month, [fn]at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes H2708 and according to all its ordinances.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - ‘They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute H2708 of the Passover they shall observe it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - ‘If an alien sojourns among you and [fn]observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute H2708 of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, H2708 both for the alien and for the native of the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - “The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and [fn]this shall be for you a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - ‘As for the assembly, there shall be one statute H2708 for you and for the alien who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This is the statute H2708 of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never [fn]been placed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - ‘So it shall be a perpetual statute H2708 for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute H2708 of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 - ‘These things shall be for a statutory H2708 ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes H2708 and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “[fn]Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes H2708 which I am commanding you today;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes H2708 which I am commanding you today for your good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - “You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, H2708 His ordinances, and His commandments.

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