What Does Deuteronomy 4:5 Mean?

“Behold”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“I have taught”

properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“you statutes”

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

“and judgments”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“even as”

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“commanded”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“my God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“me that ye should do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“so in”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

“the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“even as”

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“whither ye go”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“to possess”

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish