DEUTERONOMY 12:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Deuteronomy 12:1 Translation & Meaning

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These אֵ֠לֶּה These or those These
are (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the statutes הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים An enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) statutes
and judgments, וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgments
which אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
ye shall observe תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc observe
to do לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֒ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application do
in the land, בָּאָ֕רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
which אֲשֶׁר֩ Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
the Lord יְהוָ֜ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
God אֱלֹהֵ֧י Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
of thy fathers אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
giveth נָתַ֨ן To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) giveth
thee to possess לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ To occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin possess
it, all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the days הַיָּמִ֔ים A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days
that אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
ye אַתֶּ֥ם Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you ye
live חַיִּ֖ים Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively live
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the earth. הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ Soil (from its general redness) earth

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  • 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.

  • 2  Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

  • 3  And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.




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