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I command you to show respect for older people and to obey me with fear and trembling.

and I command you to obey my laws.

I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

I command you and all of your descendants to celebrate this festival during the seventh month of each year.

This man has cursed me! Take him outside the camp and have the witnesses lay their hands on his head. Then command the whole community of Israel to stone him to death.

This was the first time the Lord had told Moses to command the people of Israel to move on.

and said, "Moses, get your walking stick. Then you and Aaron call the people together and command that rock to give you water. That's how you will provide water for the people of Israel and their livestock."

"My command from God was to bless these people, and there's nothing I can do to change what he has done.

As Israel traveled from Egypt under the command of Moses and Aaron,

Moses said: Israel, do you want to go into the land the Lord promised your ancestors? Do you want to capture it, live there, and become a powerful nation? Then be sure to obey every command I am giving you.

Then at Kadesh-Barnea the Lord said, "I am giving you the land, so go ahead and take it!" But since you didn't trust the Lord , you rebelled and disobeyed his command.

When the officials are finished giving these orders, they will appoint officers to be in command of the army.

Then you must pray: Our Lord and our God, you have said that ten percent of my harvest is sacred. I have obeyed your command and given this to the poor, including the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows.

You have obeyed every command of the Lord your God and of his servant Moses. And you have done everything I've told you to do. It's taken a long time, but you have stayed and helped your relatives.

and villagers couldn't work in their fields. Then Deborah took command, protecting Israel as a mother protects her children.

He put his brother Abishai in command of the rest of the army and had them fight the Ammonites.

It was now spring, the time when kings go to war. David sent out the whole Israelite army under the command of Joab and his officers. They destroyed the Ammonite army and surrounded the capital city of Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.

The Israelites under Absalom's command set up camp in the region of Gilead.

David divided his soldiers into groups of a hundred and groups of a thousand. Then he chose officers to be in command of each group.

He sent out one-third of his army under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, and the rest under the command of Ittai from Gath. He told the soldiers, "I'm going into battle with you."