Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. New Living Translation This is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites. English Standard Version This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. Berean Standard Bible This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. King James Bible And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: New King James Version Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. New American Standard Bible Now this is the Law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; NASB 1995 Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; NASB 1977 Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; Legacy Standard Bible Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; Amplified Bible This is the law which Moses placed before the sons of Israel; Christian Standard Bible This is the law Moses gave the Israelites. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is the law Moses gave the Israelites. American Standard Version And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: English Revised Version And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what Moses taught the people of Israel. Good News Translation Moses gave God's laws and teachings to the people of Israel. International Standard Version This is the Law that Moses reviewed in the presence of the Israelis. Majority Standard Bible This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. NET Bible This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. New Heart English Bible This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: Webster's Bible Translation And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. World English Bible This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd this [is] the law which Moses has set before the sons of Israel; Young's Literal Translation And this is the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel; Smith's Literal Translation And this the instruction which Moses set before the sons of Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThis is the law, that Moses set before the children of Israel, Catholic Public Domain Version This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel. New American Bible This is the law which Moses set before the Israelites. New Revised Standard Version This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated This law Moshe appointed before the children of Israel: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel; Brenton Septuagint Translation This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Introduction to the Law44This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. 45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,… Cross References Exodus 24:3-4 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” / And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 34:27-28 The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” / So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments. Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. Deuteronomy 6:1 These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. Joshua 8:34-35 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. / There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them. 2 Kings 23:2-3 And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. Nehemiah 8:1-3 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. Psalm 78:5 For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, Psalm 119:1-2 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Matthew 5:17-18 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. / For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Matthew 22:36-40 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” / Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. ... Luke 24:44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” Treasury of Scripture And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: Deuteronomy 1:5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, Deuteronomy 17:18,19 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: … Deuteronomy 27:3,8,26 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee… Jump to Previous Children Israel Israelites Law MosesJump to Next Children Israel Israelites Law MosesDeuteronomy 4 1. An exhortation to obedience41. Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan 44. Recapitulation This is the law The phrase "This is the law" refers to the Torah, which is the foundational legal and ethical code given to the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "law" here is "Torah," which means instruction or teaching. It encompasses not just legal statutes but also moral and spiritual guidance. The Torah is central to Jewish and Christian traditions, serving as a guide for living a life that is pleasing to God. In a broader sense, it represents God's covenant with His people, a divine framework for maintaining a relationship with Him. Moses set before the Israelites (44-49) These words form an introduction to the second discourse, which occupies the larger portion of the book--from Deuteronomy 5:1 to the end of Deuteronomy 26. There is no real break between. The present introduction differs from what we find in Deuteronomy 1:1. There is no intimation that this portion of Deuteronomy was a repetition of what had been delivered between Sinai and Kadesh-barnea. What follows is said to have been spoken in the land of Sihon and Og, after the conquest by Israel. (46) On this side Jordan.--Literally, on the other side. The same expression in Deuteronomy 4:47 is defined by the addition, "toward the sun-rising." The whole passage (Deuteronomy 4:44-49) may be editorial, and added by Joshua in Canaan. But there is no necessity for this view. . . . Verse 44. - This is the Law - the Torah - which Moses set before the children of Israel. "He meaneth that which hereafter followeth; so this belongeth to the next chapter, where the repetition of the laws begins" (Ainsworth); cf. Deuteronomy ver. 1; 6:1; Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 7:1, etc.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thisוְזֹ֖את (wə·zōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, is the law הַתּוֹרָ֑ה (hat·tō·w·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law Moses מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver set שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the Israelites. בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son Links Deuteronomy 4:44 NIVDeuteronomy 4:44 NLT Deuteronomy 4:44 ESV Deuteronomy 4:44 NASB Deuteronomy 4:44 KJV Deuteronomy 4:44 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 4:44 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 4:44 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 4:44 French Bible Deuteronomy 4:44 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:44 This is the law which Moses set (Deut. 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