Commentaries:
The commandments of God enlighten. Here, this enlightenment is not so much an environment in which one walks or moves through, but that God's commandments provide understanding or give mental perception of something. What does the mind perceived? Truth, which results in more effective and better judgment in how to conduct one's life.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Truth (Part 3)
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A commandment is a specific instruction or law from God that we are to obey forever. Commandments have no precedents because they establish original, divine law.
A statute designates a law that one engraves, meaning a lawgiver establishes it unchangeably unless he alone changes it. A religious statute sets rules for worship. Secular statutes have the force of a royal decree. A statute is formulated like a law: "You shall (not) do so-and-so" (Exodus 22:18-23:33). A synonym for statute is "oracle."
A judgment is a decision based on an established law. A judge takes associated factors into account to decide appropriately for the specific situation. It takes the form of a case-law: "If you do so-and-so, you will pay so much" (Exodus 21:1—22:15). A synonym for judgment is "precedent."
Martin G. Collins
The Ten Commandments
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 4:23-24
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