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Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it:

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Louis Segond 1910

Voici les commandements, les lois et les ordonnances que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, a commandé de vous enseigner, afin que vous les mettiez en pratique dans le pays dont vous allez prendre possession;

KJV

Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it:

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    recepts, and consequently should not be held as distinct from them. On the contrary, It is written ( Dt. 6:1 ): "These are the precepts and ceremonies, and judgments": where "precepts" stands for "moral precepts" antonomastically. Therefore there are judicial precepts besides mor…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    al and judicial precepts, but also others, called "justifications." On the contrary, It is written ( Dt. 6:1 ): "These are the precepts and ceremonies and judgments which the Lord your God commanded . . . you." And these words are placed at the beginning of the Law. Therefore all…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ean, two and two." Therefore the legal ceremonies preceded the Law. On the contrary, It is written ( Dt. 6:1 ): "These are the precepts and ceremonies . . . which the Lord your God commanded that I should teach you." But they would not have needed to be taught about these things,…

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