How to Use commandment in a Sentence

commandment

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  • On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2018
  • Still, the TDE commandments are still law, and the rules have reappeared unchanged.
    — Brian Josephs, Billboard, 7 June 2017
  • Vaclav Smil put this point in his usual pithy way in the form of a commandment.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • One of them said, the sixth commandment is, thou shalt not admit adultery.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
  • Like Moses receiving the tablets, Mr. Sand took this commandment to heart.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • The commandments have a way of popping up in peculiar places.
    — Ruth Graham, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
  • Some believe that pomegranates have exactly 613 seeds, the number of commandments in the Torah.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Reform Jews follow the values and ethics found in Scripture but not the commandments.
    — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Toward the end of his life, Jesus was challenged by a Pharisee, in Jerusalem, to name the greatest commandment.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Here are three commandments that cross over all types of weight-loss approaches.
    — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2018
  • How the Gospels outline the greatest commandment, which is to love your neighbor as yourself.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 15 July 2019
  • To think that those in power in the hierarchy of the church who preach these vows and the 10 commandments knew this was going on and didn’t protect us.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • So now Trump, a man who has broken every commandment countless times, is the arbiter of who is a good Jew.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • For those who know Sikhs and their commitment and commandment to service, this was not a surprise.
    — Manpreet K. Singh, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Thus, the biblical lawgiver made sure that no Jew would ever get a perfect 10 in the test of the commandments.
    — Joseph Berger, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • One of the two great commandments Jesus cited is to love our neighbors as ourselves.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2019
  • Instead, the commandments express what God feels is best for His people.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In order to complete this commandment, the scribe will leave the last few lines of the new Torah unfinished, stenciling in where the letters will be placed.
    — Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Khan declares in her first commandment, speaking with icy cool atop a frigid dub-reggae groove.
    — Kenneth Partridge, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2019
  • The scriptures speak a lot about the importance of the Sabbath day, the promises to those who obey that commandment are real and powerful.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Here are all 11 the commandments that HuggieBot 3.0 follows: A hugging robot shall be soft.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Following their arrival at Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the 10 commandments tablets.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Studying the Hebrew scriptures, or Torah, is a commandment and a duty in Judaism.
    — Joyce Dalsheim, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Those most adamantly in the pro-life camp stand foursquare upon this commandment in support of their position.
    — Robert Moore, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
  • In my opinion, Donald Trump lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the great commandment.
    — Robert P. Jones, The Atlantic, 4 July 2017
  • The Switch Lite once again reinforces one of the core commandments of great gadget design: Simpler is better.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2019
  • There’s a Biblical commandment, Exodus 12:15, to rid your home of bread for Passover.
    — Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The same can’t be said for that state that doesn’t merit the name Israel, that trades on the history of the Jewish people but won’t honor its values or commandments.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Of all the beauty commandments, wiping off your makeup before going to bed is one of the most important.
    — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Jan. 2019
  • The doctrine includes the 10 commandments, the saints, the liturgical calendar, prayers, sacraments and moral and theological principles for Christian life.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024

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