Deuteronomy 31:12 KJV

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person
  • your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

  • fear(See Scofield "Ps 19:9").

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
  • Deuteronomy 6:6–7 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: …
  • Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
  • Psalms 19:7–11 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. …

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Topics

  • Children Instruction of Children
  • Instruction Of children
  • Law Expounded to the assembled nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year
  • Moab The law rehearsed in, by Moses
  • Priest Teach the law

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Gather הַקְהֵל haqhēl קָהַל Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular
  • the people אֶת ʾet Object marker הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • together קָהַל qâhal
  • men הָאֲנָשִׁים hāʾănāšîm Noun · masculine plural · with the אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh
  • and women וְהַנָּשִׁים wĕhannāšîm אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine plural · with and, the
  • and children וְהַטַּף wĕhaṭṭap טַף Noun · masculine singular · with and, the
  • and thy stranger וְגֵרְךָ wĕgērĕkā גֵּר Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • that is within thy gates אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ bišʿārêkā שַׁעַר Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular לְמַעַן lĕmaʿan Preposition
  • that they may hear יִשְׁמְעוּ yišmĕʿû שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural וּלְמַעַן ûlĕmaʿan Preposition · with and
  • and that they may learn יִלְמְדוּ yilmĕdû לָמַד Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
  • and fear וְיָרְאוּ wĕyārĕʾww יָרֵא Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
  • the LORD אֶת ʾet Object marker יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ʾĕlōhêkem אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and observe וְשָׁמְרוּ wĕšāmĕrû שָׁמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
  • to do לַעֲשׂוֹת laʿăśôt עָשָׂה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • all the words אֶת ʾet Object marker כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct דִּבְרֵי dibrê דָּבָר Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of this law הַתּוֹרָה hattôrâ תּוֹרָה Noun · feminine singular · with the הַזֹּאת hazzōʾt Pronoun · with the

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