'Ordinances' in the Bible
"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the ordinances that I'm teaching you to observe so you may live and go in to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is about to give you.
See! I taught you the statutes and the ordinances, just as the LORD God commanded. Therefore, observe them when you enter the land you are about to possess.
And what great nation has all the decrees and righteous ordinances like all this teaching that I'm giving you today?
The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you to observe the statutes and ordinances in the land after you cross over to take possession of it.
These are the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that Moses declared to the Israelis when they came out of Egypt.
"Now these are the commands, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land you are entering to possess,
"When your son asks you in the future, "What is the meaning of the instructions, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?'
Therefore keep the commands, decrees, and the ordinances that I am instructing you to obey today."
Be careful! Otherwise, you will forget the LORD your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I'm commanding you this day.
"Therefore love the LORD your God and be very careful to keep his injunctions, statutes, ordinances, and commands all the time.
Be careful to obey all the statutes and ordinances that I'm placing before you today."
"These are the statutes and ordinances that you must carefully observe in the land that the LORD God of your ancestors has given you to possess every day that you live on the earth.
That's why I'm commanding you today to love the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by observing his commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live long, increase, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are about to enter to possess.
They will teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your Law to Israel. They will offer incense as a pleasant aroma to you and a whole burnt offering upon your altar.
He chose the best part for himself, when the leader's portion was assigned. He came at the head of the people, carrying out the LORD'S justice and his ordinances concerning Israel."