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Genesis 45:21

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And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
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  1. Genesis 45:19Rank 1 from verse 21
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    19Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

  2. 2 Chronicles 35:16Rank 2 from verse 21
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    16So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

  3. 2 Chronicles 8:13Rank 3 from verse 21
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    13Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

  4. Ecclesiastes 8:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  5. Exodus 17:1Rank 5 from verse 21
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    1AND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Genesis 45:21

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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commandment

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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provision

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Sense 1: Something supplied, prepared, stored, or arranged beforehand for a need, especially food or victuals. Sense 2: Preparation or measures made beforehand to enable or provide for an action.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

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22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

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