תּוֹרָה
to.rah (H8451)
instruction
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The Hebrew word 'tora' (Strong's number H8451) primarily conveys the idea of instruction or guidance. Its definition is rooted in the concept of verbal communication, implying a process of teaching or imparting knowledge. In the scriptures, 'tora' appears 219 times, demonstrating its significant importance in Hebrew thought. This instruction can range from God's direct revelation to divine commands, laws, and teachings passed down through generations. The broad application of 'tora' covers various aspects of life, including spiritual, moral, and practical teachings. As a term deeply tied to verbal communication, 'tora' emphasizes the authority and transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next. This fundamental concept underscores the central role of teaching, learning, and guidance in understanding one's relationship with the divine and the world around them.
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because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”
It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”
You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
“ ‘This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar.
“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
“ ‘As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it.
“ ‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh:
This is the law of the burnt offering, the meal offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecration, and the sacrifice of peace offerings
“ ‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
He shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. “ ‘This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest,
This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.
This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him who has an emission of semen, so that he is unclean by it;
These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
“ ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled,
or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
“ ‘This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
“ ‘This is the law of the Nazirite who vows and of his offering to Yahweh for his separation, in addition to that which he is able to afford. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation.’ ”
One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.’ ”
You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
“This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked.
“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?
This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over, that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”
‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH your God,
Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring them on you until you are destroyed.
Yahweh will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
if you will obey Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
when all Israel has come to appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law,
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