Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Moses gave this charge as part of his review and repetition of the law for Israel's new generation before they crossed the Jordan to enter the promised land. The paired terms statutes and judgments belong to God's law and precepts, with judgments meaning what God commands His people to obey. The verse requires Israel to observe and carry out those statutes and judgments in the land God gives them to possess, all the days they live upon the earth, stressing the importance of keeping God's law.
In its setting, Deuteronomy 12 develops God's precepts and gracious promises, calling Israel to serve the Lord and to turn from the sins that ruined other nations. The general permission in Deuteronomy 12 and 14 to eat what one desires was limited by the specific prohibitions against unclean animals, so general wording did not override those restrictions. As Mosaic instruction tied to life in Canaan, the verse supports the argument that the promise of long life in the land attached to the fifth commandment was a special provision for Israel and was not carried into the gospel dispensation.