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Deuteronomy 27:1

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AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
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  1. John 15:14Rank 1 from verse 1
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  2. James 2:10Rank 2 from verse 1
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    10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  3. Luke 11:28Rank 3 from verse 1
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    28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

    2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  5. Deuteronomy 11:32Rank 5 from verse 1
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    32And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

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Deuteronomy 27:1

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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command

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Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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27:1AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

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27:2And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

27:3And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

27:4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

27:5And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

27:6Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:

27:7And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.

27:8And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

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