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NASB | Genesis 26:5 because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 26:5 because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." |
Bible Question: What is the law? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Elder... The word law can mean quite a number of things depending on context. It can mean the Ten Commandments; it can mean the commands of God given in the Pentateuch; it can mean all of God's commands; it can mean the civil commands of the Pentateuch; it can mean the ceremonial commands of the Pentateuch; it can mean the moral commands of the Pentateuch; it can mean mans civil rules, either generally or in a particular time or place; it can mean universal moral principles; it can mean the principles by which God has established nature to function; etc. I probably missed some! The Bible uses the word in all of these ways in a wide variety of contexts. Consequently, we use the word in all these variations, too. Remember the aphorism "context is king." For any of us to understand how the particulars of a word is used, we must have the context. Every word has the context of a sentence; every sentence has the context of a passage; every passage has the context of a book. In Him, Doc |
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