We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,

For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day.

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase. The other was left unsealed.

Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.

But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!”

King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.’

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them –

“‘If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord’s commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,

“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,