commandment
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He said his ultra-Orthodox upbringing had shaped his "socialist" outlook, as his father had followed the Jewish commandment to give charity to the poor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nor is there any commandment to spread the religion over the face of the earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
“Do you think we’re going to betray the greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
She reread and committed to memory the commandment: in no circumstances should a nurse communicate to a patient her Christian name.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Kony said he wanted to install a government based on the biblical 10 commandments, and he was fighting for the rights of the Acholi people in northern Uganda.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
The words, taken from a Protestant version of the commandments from the King James Version of the Bible, are the same as those that appear on a monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
If the world is to be understood, if we are to avoid such logical paradoxes when traveling at high speeds, there are some rules, commandments of Nature, that must be obeyed.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing commandment
Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 5–7
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