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**statutes and judgments.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**earth** = ground. Hebrew. *'adamah.*

**green.** Hebrew. *z'anan.* First occurrence.

**break** = smash.
**pillars.** These "menhirs" constantly dug up to-day. groves = Hebrew. *'asherah.* See App-42 .
**graven images** = sculptures, as in [Deuteronomy 7:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/25) .
**destroy** = cause to perish. Hebrew. *'abad.* Compare [Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) ; [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Judges 2:2](../../../kjv/judges/2/2) ; [Judges 6:28](../../../kjv/judges/6/28) . [2 Kings 10:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/19) ; [2 Kings 11:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/1) .[Ezekiel 6:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/3) .

**the place.** Only in the Land could these laws be carried out. See the Structure above. Compare [Exodus 20:24](../../../kjv/exodus/20/24) .

**put your hand unto.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , hand used for all works done by it.

**every man.** Hebrew ' *ish* . See App-14 .

**rest.** Compare [Joshua 23:1](../../../kjv/joshua/23/1) . Jos 25:19 . [1 Kings 8:56](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/56) .

**a place.** The ark of the covenant would be the place until the temple was built.

**rejoice.** Compare [Leviticus 23:40](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/40) .
**gates.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), put for the whole city.
**with you.** Compare [Deuteronomy 10:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/8) , [Deuteronomy 10:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/9) . [Numbers 3:11-13](../../../kjv/numbers/3/11-13) .

**thy soul** = thyself. Hebrew. *nephesh.*
**lusteth after** = longeth for.

**wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* App-27 .
**hand.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands" (plural)

**as long as thou livest.** Hebrew = all the days.

**as** = according as.
**thy soul** = thyself. Hebrew. *nephesh* .

**kill** = kill in sacrifice. App-43 . Compare [1 Samuel 16:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/5) ("sacrifice").

**the blood is the life.** Hebrew "the blood it [is] the soul". Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Compare [Leviticus 17:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/11) , [Leviticus 17:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/14) , and [Deuteronomy 12:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/16) above.
**the life** = the soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**Thou shalt not eat it.** Repeated in [Deuteronomy 12:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/25) . Figure of speech *Anaphora* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.

**offer** = prepare. See App-43 .

**How . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**burnt** = burnt up. See App-43 .

**What, &c.** Close of third address. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) .

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