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מִצְוָה (H4687)

mitsvâh

mits-vaw'

from צָוָה; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law); (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

מִצְוָה 181 n.f. commandment

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

177 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Nehemiah 10:29
    They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
  • Nehemiah 10:32
    Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
  • Nehemiah 11:23
    For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
  • Nehemiah 12:24
    And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
  • Nehemiah 12:45
    And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
  • Nehemiah 13:5
    And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
  • Esther 3:3
    Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
  • Job 23:12
    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Psalms 19:8
    The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Psalms 78:7
    That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: