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When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
— Genesis 21:4
When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
— Jeremiah 38:27
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
— Joshua 4:8
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
— 2 Kings 17:35
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
— Numbers 19:2
Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
— 2 Kings 14:6
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
— Genesis 2:16
In Christianity, God has promised to avenge attacks against His people. We trust the One who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay" (Romans 12:19 KJV)—but to the Muslim mind, this makes us look like cowards. In Islam, it's the opposite: the people are commanded to punish insults to the honor of Allah and Muhammad.
— Michael Youssef
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
— Genesis 47:11
which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.
— Leviticus 7:38
Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
— Leviticus 10:18
in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”
— Exodus 31:11