Deuteronomy 4:45 - Chapter 4:44—chapter 26:19. Summary

Testimonies ; ordinances attested and confirmed by God; the word used here ( עֵדוֹת , plu. of עֵדַה ) occurs only in Deuteronomy (here and Deuteronomy 6:17 , Deuteronomy 6:20 ) and in the Psalms. Statutes and judgments (cf. Deuteronomy 4:1 ). After they came forth out of Egypt ; "i.e. not immediately after their exit, But, as verse 46 shows, when they were already beyond Jordan" (Herxheimer); literally, in their coming out : i . e . during the process of their passing from Egypt to Canaan; more exactly defined by what follows.