Commandment
COMMANDMENT, noun
1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.
Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. [[Matthew 15#3|Matthew 15:3]].
This is the first and great commandment [[Matthew 22#38|Matthew 22:38]].
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. [[John 13#34|John 13:34]].
2. By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. [[Exodus 34#32|Exodus 34:32]].