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commandment

Meaning of “commandment”

Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
177 occurrences167 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 45:21

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Numbers 9:18
At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 9:18 · retained source text

At the commandement of the LORD the children of Israel iourneied, and at the commandement of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode vpon the Tabernacle, they rested in the tents.

1611 marginal note1.Corin. 10.1.

Numbers 9:20
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:20 · retained source text

And so it was when the cloude was a few daies vpon the Tabernacle, according to the commandement of the LORD, they abode in their tents, and according to the commandement of the LORD, they iourneyed.

Numbers 9:23
At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:23 · retained source text

At the commandement of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commaundement of the LORD they iourneyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandement of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 10:13
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:13 · retained source text

And they first tooke their iourney, according to the commandement of the LORD, by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 13:3
And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 13:3 · retained source text

And Moses by the commaundement of the LORD, sent them from the wildernes of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:41 · retained source text

And Moses said, Wherefore now doe you transgresse the commaundement of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Numbers 15:31
Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 15:31 · retained source text

Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandement, that soule shall vtterly be cut off: his iniquitie shall be vpon him.

Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 24:13 · retained source text

If Balak would give mee his house full of siluer and gold, I cannot goe beyond the commandement of the LORD, to doe either good or bad of mine owne mind? But what the LORD saith, that will I speake.

Numbers 27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 27:14 · retained source text

For ye rebelled against my Commandement (in the desart of Zin, in the strife of the Congregation) to sanctifie me at the water, before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.24.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.7.

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A command, mandate, authoritative order or injunction, charge, or precept; especially, one of the ten commandments.

volume 1, leaf 430, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 119)