Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 4:8 
Context4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just 1 as this whole law 2 that I am about to share with 3 you today?
Deuteronomy 4:45
Context4:45 These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy 6:20
Context6:20 When your children 4 ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”
Deuteronomy 8:11
Context8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 11:1
Context11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments 5 at all times.
Deuteronomy 26:16-17
Context26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul. 6 26:17 Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.
1 tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”
2 tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.
3 tn Heb “place before.”
4 tn Heb “your son.”
5 tn This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in which Moses will exhort Israel to covenant obedience. The Hebrew term מִשְׁמָרוֹת (mishmarot, “obligations”) sums up the three terms that follow – חֻקֹּת (khuqot), מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim), and מִצְוֹת (mitsot).
6 tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”
