43 Bible Verses about Ordinances

This day will be a memorial to you. You shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah. You are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance throughout your generations.

You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Observe this day throughout your generations as a long lasting ordinance.

You must follow these rules every year at this time.

Never leave any of the meat until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Follow all the rules for the Passover when you celebrate it.

These regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come. This ritual must be performed once a year to purify the people of Israel from all their sins. So Moses did as Jehovah commanded.

The following regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

Do not do any work! It is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live.

This is a requirement of the law Jehovah has commanded: 'Tell the Israelites to bring you a red cow that is perfect, with no defects. Also, it must never have worn a yoke.

It is Jehovah's festival. Celebrate it for seven days each year. This is a long lasting law for generations to come. Celebrate this festival in the seventh month.

Aaron must keep the lamps lit in the Tent of Meeting from evening until morning. This is outside the canopy where the words of my covenant are in Jehovah's presence. It is a long lasting law for generations to come.

Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle: This is what Jehovah's Law told Moses to do:

I am building a Temple to honor Jehovah my God. It will be a holy place where my people and I will worship him by burning incense of fragrant spices. We will present offerings of sacred bread to him continuously, and we will offer burnt offerings every morning and evening, as well as on Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other holy days honoring Jehovah our God. He has commanded Israel to do this from generation to generation.

For this is required by the law of Israel. It is an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Also, prepare a grain offering with it every morning: three-and-a-third quarts of grain and one-and-a-third quarts of olive oil to moisten the flour. It will be a grain offering dedicated to Jehovah. These rules are to be followed always.

Then ordain them, because they and their descendants will have a long lasting priesthood.

Aaron and his sons must wear them when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to serve as priests in the holy place. They will be blameless and will not die. This is a long lasting law for him and his descendants.

They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.

Jehovah commanded the Israelites to give it to them on the day he anointed them. This is a long lasting law for generations to come.

Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.

Aaron's sons the priests are to blow the trumpets. The following rule is to be observed for all time to come.

Only the Levites will do the work at the tent of meeting. They are responsible for their own sins. This is a long lasting law for future generations. They will own no property, as the other Israelites will.

As Solomon's father David had directed, he set up the divisions of priests for their service and the divisions of Levites for their appointed places. The Levites were to lead in praising Jehovah and to serve beside the priests by doing whatever needed to be done each day. Solomon also set up divisions of doorkeepers at every gate because this was what David, the man of God, had commanded.

And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take and eat. This represents (is) my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same manner, after supper, he took the cup, saying, This cup represents (is) the new covenant of my blood. Drink this as often as you do it in remembrance of me.

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed, and broke it; and he gave to the disciples. Then he said: Take, eat; this is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my body. Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: Drink it all. This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said: Take it, this means (represents) my body. He took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them and they all had a drink from it. He said: This means (represents) my blood of the covenant given for men.

He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: Take this, and share it among yourselves. I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes. He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave it to them, saying: This represents my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.read more.
Then he took the cup saying: This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Then Peter said: Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there. She absolutely insisted that we come.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord and so did his household. Many of the Corinthians who heard and believed were baptized.

Wait no longer! Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'

This is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live. Never eat any fat or blood.'

Keep the lamps lit in the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my covenant are. Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in Jehovah's presence from evening until morning. This is a long lasting law among the Israelites for generations to come.

Do not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this same day. Then bring the offering to your God. It is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live.

You are to obey and do forever the law he put in writing for you. You are to have no other gods.

From that time on he made this a rule and a custom in Israel as it is to this day.

So to this day they go on in their old ways. They do not worship Jehovah. They do not keep his orders, his ways, or the law Jehovah gave to the children of Jacob. They are the ones he gave the name Israel.

Warn your relatives living in other cities about every case they bring to you, even if the case involves bloodshed or commandments, rules, or regulations derived from the law. Then your relatives will not become guilty in front of Jehovah. Otherwise, he will become angry with you and your relatives. Do this and you will not be guilty of anything.

I will never again remove Israel from the land that I set aside for their ancestors if they will obey all the commandments, all the teachings, the ordinances, and the regulations I gave through Moses.

In all disputes the priests must act as judges and make decisions based on my Laws. They must obey my rules and my regulations at all my festivals. They must observe holy days to worship me.

For all time to come, the same rules are binding on you and on the foreigners who live among you. You and they are alike in Jehovah's sight.

Foreigners living with you may want to celebrate Jehovah's Passover. They must follow these same rules and regulations. The same rules will apply to foreigners and native-born Israelites.'

The reverence of Jehovah is pure. It endures forever. The decisions of Jehovah are true. They are completely fair.