 And "statutes" ("hukim") were commandments that the Adversary challenges us to violate as beyond reason, like those relating to "shaatnez" (in and ), "halizah" (in ), purification of the person with "tzaraat" (in ), and the scapegoat (in ).So that people do not think these "ordinances" ("mishpatim") to be empty acts, which speaks of the "statutes" ("hukim") and "ordinances" ("mishpatim"), says "I am the Lord," indicating that the Lord made these statutes, and we have no right to question them.The Gemara cited as an instance of where the Torah alludes to life after death.