Deuteronomy 6:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments. — These three words appear for the first time together in the introduction to this discourse (Deuteronomy 4:45). The Law, or Torah, includes charges, and institutions, and requirements. The Decalogue itself is primarily the Torah; the charge which follows may come under the head of “testimony.” The “statutes” and “judgments” more properly describe the contents of the Chapter s from Deuteronomy 11-26 inclusive.

Deuteronomy 6:20

20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?