Deu 4:1 | KD | STEP | The Israelites were to hearken to the laws and rights which Moses taught to do (that they were to do), that they might live and attain to the possession of the land which the Lord would give them. “Hearkening” involves laying to heart and observing. The words “ statutes and judgments ” (as in ) denote the whole of the law of the covenant in its two leading features. חקּים, statutes , includes the moral commandments and statutory covenant laws, for which חק and חקּה are mostly used in the earlier books; that is to say, all that the people were bound to observe; משׁפּטים, rights , all that was due to them, whether in relation to God or to their fellow-men (cf. ). Sometimes המּצוה, the commandment , is connected with it, either placed first in the singular, as a general comprehensive notion ( ; ; ), or in the plural ( ; ; ); or העדת, the testimonies , the commandments as a manifestation of the will of God ( , , ). - Life itself depended upon the fulfilment or long life in the promised land ( ), as Moses repeatedly impressed upon them (cf. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , Deu 30:15., ). ירשׁתּם, for ירשׁתּם (as in , ; cf. Ges. §44, 2, Anm . 2).

‏ Deuteronomy 4:1

The Israelites were to hearken to the laws and rights which Moses taught to do (that they were to do), that they might live and attain to the possession of the land which the Lord would give them. “Hearkening” involves laying to heart and observing. The words “statutes and judgments” (as in Lev 19:37) denote the whole of the law of the covenant in its two leading features. חקּים, statutes, includes the moral commandments and statutory covenant laws, for which חק and חקּה are mostly used in the earlier books; that is to say, all that the people were bound to observe; משׁפּטים, rights, all that was due to them, whether in relation to God or to their fellow-men (cf. Deu 26:17). Sometimes המּצוה, the commandment, is connected with it, either placed first in the singular, as a general comprehensive notion (Deu 5:28; Deu 6:1; Deu 7:11), or in the plural (Deu 8:11; Deu 11:1; Deu 30:16); or העדת, the testimonies, the commandments as a manifestation of the will of God (Deu 4:45, Deu 6:17, Deu 6:20). - Life itself depended upon the fulfilment or long life in the promised land (Exo 20:12), as Moses repeatedly impressed upon them (cf. Deu 4:40; Deu 5:30; Deu 6:2; Deu 8:1; Deu 11:21; Deu 16:20; Deu 25:15; Deu 30:6, Deu 30:15., Deu 32:47). ירשׁתּם, for ירשׁתּם (as in Deu 4:22, Jos 1:16; cf. Ges. §44, 2, Anm. 2).