The word in Scripture

Statute in the Bible

The word statute appears 35 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A statute is an enacted decree of God to be kept. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What statute means in the Bible

A statute is an enacted decree of God to be kept.

Where the word statute appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word statute appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.”Exodus 29:9

“So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.”Exodus 30:21

“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”Leviticus 3:17

“Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”Leviticus 23:31

“So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”Numbers 35:29

“So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.”Joshua 24:25

“And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.”1 Samuel 30:25

“For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”Psalms 81:4