1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed 1a) statute
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H2708 — חֻקָּה
chuq.qah · statute · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 26:5 · חֻקּוֹתַ֥יbecause Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”Exodus 12:14 · חֻקַּ֥תAnd this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.Exodus 12:17 · חֻקַּ֥תSo you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.Exodus 12:43 · חֻקַּ֣תAnd the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.Exodus 13:10 · הַחֻקָּ֥הTherefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.Exodus 27:21 · חֻקַּ֤תIn the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.Exodus 28:43 · חֻקַּ֥תAaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.Exodus 29:9 · לְחֻקַּ֣תWrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.Leviticus 3:17 · חֻקַּ֤תThis is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”Leviticus 7:36 · חֻקַּ֥תOn the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.Leviticus 10:9 · חֻקַּ֥ת“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.Leviticus 16:29 · לְחֻקַּ֣תThis is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—Leviticus 16:31 · חֻקַּ֖תIt is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.Leviticus 16:34 · לְחֻקַּ֣תThis is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.Leviticus 17:7 · חֻקַּ֥תThey must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Leviticus 18:3 · וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖םYou must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.Leviticus 18:4 · חֻקֹּתַ֥יYou are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 18:5 · חֻקֹּתַי֙Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.Leviticus 18:26 · חֻקֹּתַי֙But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.Leviticus 18:30 · מֵחֻקּ֤וֹתYou must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Leviticus 19:19 · חֻקֹּתַי֮You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.Leviticus 19:37 · חֻקֹּתַי֙You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”Leviticus 20:8 · חֻקֹּתַ֔יAnd you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.Leviticus 20:22 · חֻקֹּתַי֙You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.Leviticus 20:23 · בְּחֻקֹּ֣תYou must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.Leviticus 23:14 · חֻקַּ֤תYou must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.Leviticus 23:21 · חֻקַּ֥תOn that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.Leviticus 23:31 · חֻקַּ֤תYou are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.Leviticus 23:41 · חֻקַּ֤תYou are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.Leviticus 24:3 · חֻקַּ֥תOutside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.Leviticus 25:18 · חֻקֹּתַ֔יYou are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.Leviticus 26:3 · בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖יIf you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,Leviticus 26:15 · בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣יand if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,Leviticus 26:43 · חֻקֹּתַ֖יFor the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.Numbers 9:3 · חֻקֹּתָ֥יוYou are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”Numbers 9:12 · חֻקַּ֥תthey may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.Numbers 9:14 · כְּחֻקַּ֥ת · חֻקָּ֤הIf a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”Numbers 10:8 · לְחֻקַּ֥תThe sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.Numbers 15:15 · חֻקָּ֥ה · חֻקַּ֤תThe assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.Numbers 18:23 · חֻקַּ֤תThe Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.Numbers 19:2 · חֻקַּ֣ת“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.Numbers 19:10 · לְחֻקַּ֥תThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.Numbers 19:21 · לְחֻקַּ֣תThis is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.Numbers 27:11 · לְחֻקַּ֣תAnd if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”Numbers 31:21 · חֻקַּ֣תThen Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:Numbers 35:29 · לְחֻקַּ֥תThis will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.Deuteronomy 6:2 · חֻקֹּתָ֣יוso that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.Deuteronomy 8:11 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יוBe careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.Deuteronomy 10:13 · חֻקֹּתָ֔יוand to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?Deuteronomy 11:1 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יוYou shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.Deuteronomy 28:15 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יוIf, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:Deuteronomy 28:45 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יוAll these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.Deuteronomy 30:10 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יוif you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.Deuteronomy 30:16 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יוFor I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.2 Samuel 22:23 · וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יוFor all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.1 Kings 2:3 · חֻקֹּתָ֤יוAnd keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,1 Kings 3:3 · בְּחֻקּ֖וֹתAnd Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.1 Kings 6:12 · בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.1 Kings 9:6 · חֻקֹּתַ֔יBut if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,1 Kings 11:11 · וְחֻקֹּתַ֔יThen the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.1 Kings 11:33 · וְחֻקֹּתַ֥יFor they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.1 Kings 11:34 · וְחֻקֹּתָֽי׃Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.1 Kings 11:38 · חֻקּוֹתַי֙If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.2 Kings 17:8 · בְּחֻקּ֣וֹתand walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.2 Kings 17:13 · חֻקּוֹתַ֔יYet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”2 Kings 17:19 · בְּחֻקּ֥וֹתand even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.2 Kings 17:34 · כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.2 Kings 23:3 · חֻקֹּתָיו֙So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.2 Chronicles 7:19 · חֻקּוֹתַ֣יBut if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,Job 38:33 · חֻקּ֣וֹתDo you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?Psalm 18:22 · וְ֝חֻקֹּתָ֗יוFor all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.Psalm 89:31 · חֻקֹּתַ֥יif they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,Psalm 119:16 · בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָI will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.Jeremiah 5:24 · חֻקּ֥וֹתThey have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’Jeremiah 10:3 · חֻקּ֥וֹתFor the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Jeremiah 31:35 · חֻקֹּ֛תThus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:Jeremiah 33:25 · חֻקּ֛וֹתThis is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,Jeremiah 44:10 · וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔יTo this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.Jeremiah 44:23 · וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יוBecause you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”Micah 6:16 · חֻקּ֣וֹתYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”