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command

Meaning of “command”

Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

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104 occurrences103 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:19

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Joshua 1:11
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 1:11 · retained source text

Passe through the hoste, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals: for within three dayes ye shal passe ouer this Iordan, to goe in to possesse the land which the LORD your God giueth you, to possesse it.

Joshua 3:8
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 3:8 · retained source text

And thou shalt commaund the Priests that beare the Arke of the Couenant, saying; When ye are come to the brinke of the water of Iordan, yee shall stand still in Iordan.

Joshua 4:3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
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1611 witness · Joshua 4:3 · retained source text

And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the mids of Iordan, out of the place where the Priests feet stood firme, twelue stones, and yee shal cary them ouer with you, and leaue them in the lodging place where you shall lodge this night.

Joshua 4:16
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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1611 witness · Joshua 4:16 · retained source text

Command the Priests that beare the Arke of the Testimony, that they come vp out of Iordan.

Joshua 11:15
¶ As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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1611 witness · Joshua 11:15 · retained source text

¶ As the LORD commanded Moses his seruant, so did Moses command Ioshua, and so did Ioshua: hee left nothing vndone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

1611 marginal noteHeb. he remoued nothing.

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.11.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 7.2.

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