I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.

I hope for your deliverance, O Lord, and I obey your commands.

May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses.

which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.

They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.

He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.

He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.