What is the difference between commandments, testimonies, statutes, precepts, judgements, and law?
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Reading Psalms 119, we see the following words:
1. Commandments
2. Law
3. Way
4. Testimonies
5. Precepts
6. Judgments
7. Statutes
8. Ordinances
9. Word
Deut 26: 16 - 19 reads
> 16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes
> and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all
> your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have proclaimed the
> Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His
> statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey
> His voice. 18 Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special
> people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His
> commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which
> He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a
> holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
Deut 6 : 1 reads
> “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments
> which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may
> observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,
There are many other places in the Old Testament where these words appear, but I couldn't quite grasp distinctly what they mean.
Asked by Jabez
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May 27, 2014, 04:13 AM
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