{"id":29209,"date":"2021-07-06T03:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnsalvation.net\/?p=29209"},"modified":"2021-07-06T03:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T03:52:27","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-laws-commands-commandments-decrees-and-statutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/what-is-the-difference-between-laws-commands-commandments-decrees-and-statutes\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between laws, commands, commandments, decrees, and statutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In\u00a0Deuteronomy 6:1<\/a>-\u20133 we read of laws, commands, commandments, decrees, and statutes: \u201cNow this is the\u00a0commandment<\/b>\u2014the\u00a0statutes<\/b>\u00a0and the\u00a0rules<\/b>\u2014that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you\u201d (HCSB, verse 1, emphasis added). Other translations use words like\u00a0decrees<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0laws<\/i>. All these are part of God\u2019s Law, with some slight distinctions.<\/p>\n

A look at the various Hebrew words used helps highlight some of the differences:<\/p>\n

\u201cCommandments\u201d<\/b>\u00a0in verses 1 and 2 (mitzvah<\/i>): This is the general Hebrew term for \u201ccommandment\u201d and usually refers to the comprehensive list of laws or body of laws given by the Lord in the Books of Moses. This is also the Hebrew term often used when the Lord spoke directly in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n

\u201cStatutes\u201d<\/b>\u00a0(choq<\/i>): According to\u00a0Vine\u2019s Expository Dictionary<\/i>, this word means \u201cstatute, prescription, rule, law, regulation\u201d and can refer to laws of nature (Job 28:26<\/a>;\u00a0Jeremiah 5:22<\/a>;\u00a031:35\u201336<\/a>) or what is allocated, rationed, or apportioned to someone (Genesis 47:22<\/a>;\u00a0Exodus 29:28<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cRules\u201d<\/b>\u00a0(mishpat<\/i>): A judicial verdict or formal decree. In the Law of Moses, some of the legal types of rules would fall under this category.<\/p>\n

\u201cStatutes\/Commands\u201d<\/b>\u00a0in verse 2 (chuqqah<\/i>):\u00a0Chuqqah<\/i>\u00a0has a more specific meaning than\u00a0choq<\/i>, according to Vine\u2019s dictionary. It refers to a particular law related to a festival or ritual, such as Passover (Exodus 12:14<\/a>), the Days of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:17<\/a>), or the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:41<\/a>).<\/p>\n

All four of these Hebrew words are used throughout the writings of Moses to refer to commands from God to be obeyed by God\u2019s people. Distinctions are sometimes made regarding one word from the other, yet the overall principle is one of obedience to all that the Lord commands, whether it\u2019s a general command, a prescribed law, a legal verdict, or a religious festival or ritual.<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0Deuteronomy 6:1-\u20133 we read of laws, commands, commandments, decrees, and statutes: \u201cNow this is the\u00a0commandment\u2014the\u00a0statutes\u00a0and the\u00a0rules\u2014that the LORD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_-Uf1ijSBnak\/TFcO1vA4jJI\/AAAAAAAABtA\/JbQBgPXmG58\/s1600\/tencommandments.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"What is the difference between laws, commands, commandments, decrees, and statutes?","footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-29209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29210,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29209\/revisions\/29210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29209"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=29209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}