Study it in the app“To this day they do according to the former customs: they do not fear YHWH, and they do not do according to their statutes and their rules, or according to the instruction and the commandment that YHWH commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he gave the name Israel.”
To this dayעַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהtheyהֵםdoעֹשִׂיםaccording to the former customs:כַּמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָרִאשֹׁנִיםthey do notאֵינָםfearיְרֵאִיםYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand they do notוְאֵינָםdoעֹשִׂיםaccording to their statutesכְּחֻקֹּתָםand their rules,וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָםor according to the instructionוְכַתּוֹרָהand the commandmentוְכַמִּצְוָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבwhomאֲשֶׁרhe gave the nameשָׂם שְׁמוֹIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appearscustom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpatim” appearsformer
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yereim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sam” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears33YHWH they feared, and their own gods they served, according to the custom of the nations from which they had carried them into exile.
34 · This verse (above)
35YHWH made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, and you shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them, and you shall not sacrifice to them;
