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Deuteronomy 33:4

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Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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  1. John 1:17Rank 1 from verse 4
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    17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  2. John 7:19Rank 2 from verse 4
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

  3. Psalms 119:111Rank 3 from verse 4
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  4. Deuteronomy 9:26–29Rank 4 from verse 4
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    26I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

    28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

    29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

  5. Psalms 119:72Rank 5 from verse 4
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    72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

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Deuteronomy 33:4

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

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

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congregation

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1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

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

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3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

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5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

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