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2 Enoch 31:1

ADAM has life on earth, and I created a garden in Eden in the east, that he should observe the testament and keep the command.

Testament of Reuben 2:6

Therefore, my children, I say unto you, observe all things whatsoever I command you, and ye shall not sin.

Testament of Reuben 2:17

Flee, therefore, fornication, my children, and command your wives and your daughters, that they adorn not their heads and faces to deceive the mind: because every woman who useth these wiles bath been reserved for eternal punishment.

Testament of Reuben 2:21

And command the women likewise not to associate with men, that they also may be pure in mind.

Testament of Reuben 2:26

Therefore I command you to hearken to Levi, because he shall know the law of the Lord, and shall give ordinances for judgement and shall sacrifice for all Israel until the consummation of the times, as the anointed High Priest, of whom the Lord spake.

Testament of Simeon 3:12

Therefore I give you these commands that ye also may command your children, that they may observe them throughout their generations.

Testament of Levi 3:43

Now, therefore, observe whatsoever I command you, children; for whatsoever things I have heard from my fathers I have declared unto you.

Testament of Levi 4:1

AND now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, and walk in simplicity according to all His law.

Testament of Judah 2:15

And when I threatened him he went in unto her, but he spilled the seed on the ground, according to the command of his mother, and he also died through wickedness.

Testament of Judah 3:1

AND now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of God.

Testament of Judah 3:30

And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.

Testament of Judah 4:1

AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed.

The Story of Ahikar 3:50

Bring him out and dress him in my clothes, and command the servants when they are drunk to slay him. They will not know who it is they are killing.

The Story of Ahikar 4:15

'O my lord! command thy servants to cut off my head.' Then said the king to him: 'Woe to thee, Abu Samik, what is thy fault?'

The Story of Ahikar 4:16

And the swordsman said unto him, 'O my master! every slave who acts contrary to the word of his master is killed, and I have acted contrary to thy command.'

The Story of Ahikar 4:17

Then the king said unto him. 'Woe unto thee, O Abu Samik, in what hast thou acted contrary to my command?'

The Story of Ahikar 4:18

And the swordsman said unto him, 'O my lord! thou didst command me to kill Haiqar, and I knew that thou wouldst repent thee concerning him, and that he had been wronged, and I hid him in a certain place, and I killed one of his slaves, and he is now safe in the cistern, and if thou command me I will bring him to thee.'

The Story of Ahikar 4:18

And the swordsman said unto him, 'O my lord! thou didst command me to kill Haiqar, and I knew that thou wouldst repent thee concerning him, and that he had been wronged, and I hid him in a certain place, and I killed one of his slaves, and he is now safe in the cistern, and if thou command me I will bring him to thee.'

The Story of Ahikar 6:30

And Haiqar said, 'Command thy servants to take these ropes, and whenever thou desirest it, I will weave thee some like them.'

The Story of Ahikar 6:34

But I want thee to command thy faithful shoemakers to cut awls from this stone, that I may sew that millstone.'

The Letter of Aristeas 4:42

They were also very careful when any command came from the chief officer to admit any visitors to inspect the place, as our own experience taught us.

The Letter of Aristeas 10:6

The king said that he had answered well, and asked, What ought kings to obey? And he said, 'The laws, in order that by righteous enactments they may restore the lives of men. Even as you by such conduct in obedience to the Divine command have laid up in store for yourself a perpetual memorial.'

4 Maccabees 2:20

Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.

Odes of Solomon 23:15

The letter was one of command, for there were included in it all districts;