click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThere are two Hebrew words that are usually translated as \u201cstatutes\u201d: choq<\/i> (H2706) and chuqqah<\/i> (H2708). They refer to a decree, what is determined, what is appointed or prescribed. Chuqqah<\/i> is the feminine form of choq<\/i> and has a similar meaning but often refers to what is determined for a specific situation and often has the added qualifier of olam<\/i> (H5769) which means \u201cperpetual, permanently binding.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Hebrew word for \u201cjudgments\u201d is mishpat<\/i> (H4941). This word has two main senses; the first deals with the act of sitting as a judge, <\/span>hearing a case, and rendering a proper verdict–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For God shall bring every work into judgment <\/i>(H4941), with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.<\/i> Ecclesiastes 12:14<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mishpat<\/i><\/span> can also refer to:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nthe \u201crights\u201d belonging to someone– <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thou shalt not wrest the judgment <\/i>(H4941) of thy poor in his cause.<\/i> Exodus 23:6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\na judicial verdict–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment <\/i><\/span>(H4941)<\/span>:<\/i><\/span> Deuteronomy 17:9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nthe statement of the case for the accused–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And Moses brought their cause <\/i><\/span>(H4941)<\/span> before the LORD.<\/i><\/span> Numbers 27:5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nan established ordinance–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Now these are the judgments <\/i><\/span>(H4941)<\/span> which thou shalt set before them. <\/i><\/span> Exodus 21:1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Generally Statutes have to do with the daily life of the people while Judgments are directed toward legal situations, matters of justice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nExo 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am <\/i>the LORD that healeth thee.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am<\/i> the LORD. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 18:26-30 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any<\/i> of these abominations; neither<\/i> any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were<\/i> before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were<\/i> before you. For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them<\/i> shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye<\/i> commit not any one<\/i> of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am<\/i> the LORD your God. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am<\/i> the LORD. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 20:7, 8 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am<\/i> the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am<\/i> the LORD which sanctify you. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 20:22, 23 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. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 25:18, 19 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLev 26:46 These are<\/i> the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 4:1-8 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them,<\/i> that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought<\/i> from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are<\/i> alive every one of you this day. Behold, 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. Keep therefore and do them;<\/i> for this is<\/i> your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is<\/i> a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so<\/i> great, who hath<\/i> God so<\/i> nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is<\/i> in all things that<\/i> we call upon him for?<\/i> And what nation is there so<\/i> great, that hath statutes and judgments so<\/i> righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy<\/i> days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 5:1 And 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. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 5:31-33 But 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<\/i> in the land which I give them to possess it. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be<\/i> well with you, and that<\/i> ye may prolong your<\/i> days in the land which ye shall possess. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 6:1-3 Now these are<\/i> the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them<\/i> in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it;<\/i> that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 6:20-25 And<\/i> when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean<\/i> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is<\/i> at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 7:11, 12 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDeu 26:16-19 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou<\/i> shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCalls to walk in the Statutes and Judgments–<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Ki 6:11-13 the Lord to Solomon and Israel when the temple was being built<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Ki 8:55-61 Solomon to the congregation at the temple dedication<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1Ch 22:12, 13 David to Solomon when turning over the kingdom to him<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2Ch 19:8-10 Jehoshaphat to the Levites, priests, and other leaders of Israel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEzr 7:10 Ezra studied, obeyed, and taught the law, statutes, and judgments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nNeh 9:13, 14 Nehemiah reminded the people of God’s sabbath and laws, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPsa 19:9-11 . . . the judgments of the LORD are<\/i> true and<\/i> righteous altogether. More to be desired are they<\/i> than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and<\/i> in keeping of them there is<\/i> great reward. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPsa 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPsa 119:160 Thy word is<\/i> true from<\/i> the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth<\/i> for ever. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJer 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is<\/i> the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 18:5-17 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, And<\/i> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, And hath not oppressed any, but<\/i> hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; He that<\/i> hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that<\/i> hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is<\/i> just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. If he beget a son that is<\/i> a robber, a shedder of blood, and that<\/i> doeth the like to any<\/i> one of these things,<\/i> And that doeth not any of those duties,<\/i> but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife, Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. Now, lo, if<\/i> he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, That<\/i> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but<\/i> hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, That<\/i> hath taken off his hand from the poor, that<\/i> hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 20:10, 11 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if<\/i> a man do, he shall even live in them. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 20:18, 19 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: I am<\/i> the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEze 36:25-28 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do <\/span>them.<\/i><\/span> And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 5:17-19 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them,<\/i> the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMat 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is<\/i> like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLuk 1:5, 6 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was<\/i> of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was<\/i> Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLuk 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGal 5:13, 14 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use<\/i> not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even<\/i> in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [God] did not stop with giving them the precepts of the Decalogue. The people had shown themselves so easily led astray that He would leave no door of temptation unguarded. Moses was commanded to write, as God should bid him, judgments and laws giving minute instruction as to what was required. These directions relating to the duty of the people to God, to one another, and to the stranger were only the principles of the Ten Commandments amplified and given in a specific manner, that none need err. They were designed to guard the sacredness of the ten precepts engraved on the tables of stone.<\/i> PP 364<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nJeremiah called their attention repeatedly to the counsels given in Deuteronomy. More than any other of the prophets, he emphasized the teachings of the Mosaic law and showed how these might bring the highest spiritual blessing to the nation and to every individual heart. \u201cAsk for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,\u201d he pleaded, \u201cand ye shall find rest for your souls.\u201d Jeremiah 6:16.<\/i> PK 411<\/span><\/p>\nThe light given me is that we are to study more than we do the instruction given to Moses by God after He had proclaimed the law from Sinai. The ten commandments were spoken by God Himself, and were then written on tables of stone, to be preserved till the judgment should take place. After the giving of the law, God gave Moses specifications regarding the law. These specifications are plain and explicit. No one need make a mistake. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the day of judgment we shall be asked whether we have lived in harmony with these specifications. It is because we do not carry out these specifications in all our dealings, in our institutions, our families, and in our individual lives, at all times, and in all places, that we do not make greater advancement. It is by the directions that God has given that we shall be judged at the last day. <\/i> AUCR 03-25-07<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In consequence of continual transgression, the moral law was repeated in awful grandeur from Sinai. Christ gave to Moses religious precepts which were to govern the everyday life. These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the death of Christ. They were to be binding upon man in every age as long as time should last. These commands were enforced by the power of the moral law, and they clearly and definitely explained that law. <\/i> RH 05-06-75<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Before Zacchaeus had looked upon the face of Christ, he had begun the work that made him manifest as a true penitent. Before being accused by man, he had confessed his sin. He had yielded to the conviction of the Holy Spirit, and had begun to carry out the teaching of the words written for ancient Israel as well as for ourselves. <\/i> DA 555<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n