'Ordinances' in the Bible

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

“These are the ordinances that you must set before them:

Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, “We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.”

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

Keep My statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am Yahweh.

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable things—not the native or the foreigner who lives among you.

You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am Yahweh.”

“You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

“You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

if you reject My statutes and despise My ordinances, and do not observe all My commands—and break My covenant,

For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they pay the penalty for their sin, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws the Lord established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.”

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

“If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreign resident and the native of the land.”

This is to be separate and apart from the burnt offering for the New Moon, with its corresponding grain offering, the regular burnt offering with its corresponding grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their respective ordinances, as a pleasing aroma, an incinerated offering made to the LORD.

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

along with corresponding grain and drink offerings for the bull, ram, and lambs, according to their number, based on the ordinances,

the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

These are to be the statutes and ordinances for you throughout all your generations, regardless of where you live."

These are the commands and ordinances the Lord commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.

And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

At that time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt,

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully.

But you stand here with Me, and I will tell you every command—the statutes and ordinances—you are to teach them, so that they may follow them in the land I am giving them to possess.’

“This is the command—the statutes and ordinances—the Lord your God has instructed me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

So keep the command—the statutes and ordinances—that I am giving you to follow today.

“If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the Lord your God will keep His covenant loyalty with you, as He swore to your fathers.

“Be careful that you don’t forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His command—the ordinances and statutes—I am giving you today.

“Therefore, love the Lord your God and always keep His mandate and His statutes, ordinances, and commands.

be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances I set before you today.

“Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.

“The Lord your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and all your soul.

Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commands, and ordinances, and obey Him.

For I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and multiply, and the Lord your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

They will teach Your ordinances to Jacoband Your instruction to Israel;they will set incense before Youand whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

He chose the best part for himself,because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him.He came with the leaders of the people;he carried out the Lord’s justiceand His ordinances for Israel.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, making statutes and ordinances in Shechem.

Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mindand have not disregarded His statutes.

by keeping the charge that the LORD your God entrusted to you. Live life his way, keep his statutes, his commands, his ordinances, and his testimonies, just as they're written down in the Law of Moses, so that you may succeed in everything you do and wherever you go,

“As for this temple you are building—if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David.

and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul -- that is the eighth month -- hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.

so that He causes us to be devoted to Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, statutes, and ordinances, which He commanded our ancestors.

Let your heart be completely devoted to the Lord our God to walk in His statutes and to keep His commands, as it is today.”

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

"If ever you or any of your descendants turn from [following] me and do not keep my commandments [and] my ordinances that I have set before you and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

So Yahweh said to Solomon, "Because this was with you, and you did not keep my covenant and my ordinances which I have commanded you, I will certainly tear the kingdom from you, and I will give it to your servant.

I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did.

But I will not take all of the kingdom from his hand, but I will make him a leader all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my ordinances.

Yahweh warned Israel and Judah by the hand of his every prophet, [with] every seer saying, "Turn from all of your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, according to all the law which I commanded your ancestors, which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets."

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping My commands and My ordinances as he is today.’

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

"But if you turn yourselves away and forsake my ordinances and my commandments which I have given before you [all] and will go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

And what cause soever comes to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do and ye shall not trespass.

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

They roasted the Passover in fire, as required by the ordinances, and boiled the holy things in pots, kettles, and pans, and delivered them quickly to all the people.

They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of daily burnt offerings, in accordance with the ordinances, as each day required;

Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

We have acted corruptly toward You and have not kept the commands, statutes, and ordinances You gave Your servant Moses.

You came down on Mount Sinai,and spoke to them from heaven.You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,and good statutes and commands.

You warned them to turn back to Your law,but they acted arrogantlyand would not obey Your commands.They sinned against Your ordinances,which a person will live by if he does them.They stubbornly resisted,stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mindand have not disregarded His statutes.

The fear of the Lord is pure,enduring forever;the ordinances of the Lord are reliableand altogether righteous.

If his sons forsake My instructionand do not live by My ordinances,

With my lips I have told ofAll the ordinances of Your mouth.

My soul is crushed with longingAfter Your ordinances at all times.

I have chosen the way of truth;I have set Your ordinances before me.

Turn away the shame that I dread, because your ordinances are good.

Never take your truthful words from me, For I wait for your ordinances.

I have remembered your ancient ordinances, LORD, and I take comfort in them.

At midnight I will get up to thank you for your righteous ordinances.

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,For You Yourself have taught me.

I have sworn and I will confirm it,That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,And teach me Your ordinances.

You [are] righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances [are] upright.

Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;Revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances.

Great are Your mercies, O Lord;Revive me according to Your ordinances.

The sum of Your word is truth,And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.

I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous ordinances.

Let me live, and I will praise you; let your ordinances help me.