What I see is rulings that involve the people as a body are considered a statute. These are not in relationship to God in the direct sense but in relationship to the state of governing the body through legal processes.
stat·ute
/ˈstaCHo͞ot/
noun
plural noun:
statutes
- a written law passed by a legislative body.
"violation of the hate crimes statute"
Similar:
law, regulation, enactment, act, bill, decree, edict, rule, ruling, resolution,
promulgation, measure, motion, dictum, command, order, stipulation, commandment, directive, pronouncement, ratification, proclamation, dictate,
diktat, fiat, covenant, demand, bylaw, ordinance, ukase, pronunciament.
- a rule of an organization or institution.
A new approach occurred to me, this evening, for defining these statutes. We can simply look at them in context.
I have noticed however that the translators can play fast and loose with the translations of these words. I even caught the CLV, which prides itself at translating words consistently, in a mistake this evening.
For this reason it is important to search this by the original Hebrew word. This can be easily accomplished here:
H2708 - chuqqah - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (KJV)
Simply click on the book you would like to review, from the list in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Here are some examples:
Statute: H2708
Lev 10:9
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die:
it shall be a statute
H2708 for ever throughout your generations:
Lev 16:29
And
this shall be a statute
H2708 for ever unto you:
that in the seventh month, on the tenth
day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all,
whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Lev 18:5
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes,
H2708 and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I
am the LORD.
Leviticus 18 deals with sexual immorality.
Lev 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes.
H2708 Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Lev 23:14
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God:
it shall be a statute
H2708 for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
