חֹק

• Biblical verses – Shemot 15:26, Shemot 18:16,20 and most other cases
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• Biblical verses – Bereshit 47:22, Yeshayahu 5:14, Mishlei 30:8, Mishlei 31:15
• Perhaps Shemot 29:28, Vayikra – many
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• Biblical verses – Shofetim 11:39
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• See Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah.

• Shemot 15:25, Yehoshua 24:25, Shemuel I 30:25, Ezra 7:10 – See Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah.

Commentators disagree as to the relationship between חק and משפט:

• A משפט is a commandment with a readily apparent reason while a חק does not have one¹ – SifraAcharei Mot 9About Sifra, Bavli YomaYoma 67bAbout the Bavli,² RashiBereshit 26:5Shemot 15:25-26Vayikra 18:4Bemidbar 19:2About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki, RambamHilkhot Meilah 8:8About R. Moshe Maimonides, RambanDevarim 4:5Devarim 6:20About R. Moshe Nachmanides
• A משפט is an interpersonal law (בין אדם לחברו) while a חק is a ritual (בין אדם למקום) – R. D"Z HoffmannVayikra 18:4About R. D"Z Hoffmann³
• A משפט specifies the consequence of its violation while a חק does not –
• The two are used interchangeably –