'Commands' in the Bible

And he said, "If you carefully listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and you do [what is] right in his eyes and give heed to his commands and you keep all his rules, [then] I will not bring about on you any of the diseases that I brought about on Egypt, because I [am] Yahweh your healer.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commands and my laws?

"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'If a person sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh's commands that should not be {violated}, and he {violates} {any of them}--

" 'If Israel's whole assembly did wrong unintentionally and the matter was concealed from the assembly's eyes, and they acted [against] {any of} Yahweh's commands that should not be {violated}, so that they incur guilt,

" 'When a leader sins and commits an unintentional wrong [against] {any of} the commands of Yahweh his God that should not be {violated}, so that he incurs guilt,

" 'If {anyone} of the people of the land sins by an unintentional wrong by {violating} one of Yahweh's commands that should not be {violated}, so that he incurs guilt,

"If a person when he sins {violates} one from all of Yahweh's commands that should not {be violated}, but he did not know, then he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt.

"Thus you shall keep my commands, and you shall do them; I [am] Yahweh.

" 'If you walk in my statutes and you keep my commands and you do them,

" 'But if you do not listen to me and you do not carry out all these commands,

and if you reject my statutes and if your inner self abhors my regulations, to not carry out all my commands [by] your breaking my covenant,

These [are] the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the {Israelites} on {Mount Sinai}.

Moses said to them, "Stay. I will hear what Yahweh commands to you."

You will have a tassel {for you to look at} and remember all the commands of Yahweh and do them, and not follow {after the unfaithfulness of your own heart and eyes},

So the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Reuben said to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

These [were] the commands and the stipulations that Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to the {Israelites} on the desert-plateaus of Moab by the Jordan [across] Jericho.

You must not add to the word that I [am] commanding you, and you shall not take away from it [in order] to keep the commands of Yahweh your God that I [am] commanding you [to observe].

They were [left] for testing Israel, to know [whether] they would keep the commands of Yahweh that he commanded their ancestors through the hand of Moses.

Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my master the king commands his servant, so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth [was] eating at his table as one of the sons of the king.

Let your heart be completely with Yahweh our God by walking in his statutes, by keeping his commands as this day."

He said, "I did not throw Israel into confusion; rather you and the house of your father [have] by forsaking the commands of Yahweh when you went after the Baals!

They abandoned all the commands of Yahweh their God and made for themselves two molten calf-shaped idols; they made a pole of Asherah worship and bowed down to the army of the heavens and served Baal.

Even Judah did not keep the commands of Yahweh their God, and they walked in the customs of Israel which they introduced,

Until this day they [are] doing according to their former customs; none of them [are] fearing Yahweh, and none of them [are] doing according to their statutes, to their decisions, to the law, or to the commands that Yahweh commanded the descendants of Jacob [to] which he had given the name Israel.

The statutes, the decisions, the law, and the commands that he wrote to you, you shall observe to do always, and you shall not fear other gods.

He held on to Yahweh; he did not depart from following him, and he kept his commands that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Then the king stood by the pillar, and he {made} a covenant before Yahweh, to go after Yahweh and to keep his commands and his warnings and his statutes, with all of [his] heart and with his all of his soul, to keep the words of this covenant written on this scroll. Then all of the people {joined} in the covenant.

And behold, the working groups of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work for all [those] willing with the skill for every service, and the commanders and all the people for all your commands."

Grant to Solomon my son a heart of peace to keep your commands, your statutes, and your regulations to do everything, and to build the citadel for which I have provided."

And the king stood at his position. And he made the covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commands and statutes and regulations with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that [were] written on this scroll.

This is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the scroll of the words of the commands of Yahweh and his statutes for Israel:

I said, "O Yahweh God of the heavens, the great and awesome one who keeps the covenant and loyal love for the ones who love him and for those who keep his commands.

We have certainly offended you and have not kept the commands, regulations, and judgments that you have commanded your servant Moses.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.

He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.

Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Praise Yah! Blessed [is the] man [who] fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.

Then I would not be ashamed when I look to all your commands.

With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.

I [am] a sojourner on the earth; do not hide your commands from me.

You rebuke [the] arrogant, [the] accursed, who stray from your commands.

I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.

Cause me to walk in the path of your commands, for I delight in it.

And I will take delight in your commands, which I love.

And I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

I hurry and do not delay to heed your commands.

Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe your commands.

Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.

All your commands [are] faithful. They persecute me deceitfully; help me!

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.

Turn aside from me, [you] evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God.

Therefore I love your commands more than gold, even fine gold.

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me.

You [are] near, O Yahweh, and all your commands [are] truth.

I hope for your salvation, O Yahweh, and do your commands.

Let my tongue sing [of] your word, because all your commands [are] right.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.

My child, if you will receive my sayings, and hide my commands with you,

My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.

Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like [the] {apple of your eye}.

But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your ancestor, and you have kept all his commands, and you have done all that he commanded you,'