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Exodus 21:1

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NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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  1. Deuteronomy 4:14Rank 1 from verse 1
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    14¶ And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

  2. Deuteronomy 6:20Rank 2 from verse 1
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    20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

  3. Exodus 24:3–4Rank 3 from verse 1
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    3¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.

    4And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

  4. 1 Kings 6:12Rank 4 from verse 1
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    12Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 5 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.

  6. 2 Chronicles 19:10Rank 6 from verse 1
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    10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

  7. Deuteronomy 4:45Rank 7 from verse 1
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    45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  8. Deuteronomy 4:5Rank 8 from verse 1
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    5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

  9. Deuteronomy 4:8Rank 9 from verse 1
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    8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  10. Deuteronomy 5:1Rank 10 from verse 1
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    1AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

  11. Deuteronomy 5:31Rank 11 from verse 1
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    31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

  12. Deuteronomy 6:1Rank 12 from verse 1
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    1NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

  13. Exodus 19:7Rank 13 from verse 1
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    7¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

  14. Ezekiel 20:11Rank 14 from verse 1
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    11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

  15. Ezekiel 20:25Rank 15 from verse 1
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    25Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

  16. Leviticus 18:26Rank 16 from verse 1
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    26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

  17. Leviticus 18:5Rank 17 from verse 1
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    5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

  18. Leviticus 19:37Rank 18 from verse 1
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    37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

  19. Leviticus 20:22Rank 19 from verse 1
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    22¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

  20. Malachi 4:4Rank 20 from verse 1
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    4¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

  21. Matthew 28:20Rank 21 from verse 1
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    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  22. Nehemiah 10:29Rank 22 from verse 1
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    29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  23. Nehemiah 9:13–14Rank 23 from verse 1
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    13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

    14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

  24. Numbers 35:24Rank 24 from verse 1
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    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

  25. Numbers 36:13Rank 25 from verse 1
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    13These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

  26. Psalms 147:19Rank 26 from verse 1
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    19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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Exodus 21:1

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

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

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

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21:2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

21:3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

21:4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

21:5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

21:6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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