commandment
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A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico draws inspiration from Jesus's commandment to love one's neighbor, arguing that faith demands compassion for the poor, immigrants and marginalized communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Xiang joked that she was following the first commandment of going analog: “Touch grass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
His crime: taking too seriously the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor and the injunction not to kill.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
She would abide by this commandment from her father herself, and make him do it too.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
The Jewish dietary laws of kashrut derive from Torah commandments and centuries of tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
For example, the first of the commandments given to Moses by Yahweh demands that the Hebrews “have no other gods before me.”
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
And Biff and Happy’s take on trash-talking, no less than Linda’s maternal don’t-cross-me commandments — “Attention must be finally paid!” — awakens lines you’ve heard innumerable times, asserting their implacable realness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
Once a year I fast and ponder the commandments.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 5–7
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