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# ordinance

«ordinance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A rule or law that must be kept, especially one given by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A rule or law that must be kept, especially one given by an authority. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the JPS Torah it means a law or rule commanded by God, such as the Passover rules or the rules for offerings. Interpretation: The tradition separates kinds of commands, and "ordinance" often stands for a statute (chok) that is kept because God commanded it, even when reasons are not given.

### examples

- Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. (Torah EXO.21.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x1)
- Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. (Torah EXO.13.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x2)
- And the burnt-offering was presented; and he offered it according to the ordinance. (Torah LEV.9.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x3)
- Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? (Writings JOB.38.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x4)
- This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. (Writings 2CH.2.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x5)
- If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances; (Writings PSA.89.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/#x6)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.334/)
- [And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.354/)
- [Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.372/)
- [There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.443/)
- [Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.580/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ordinance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordinance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.