{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4687",
  "lemma": "מִצְוָה",
  "transliteration": "mitsvâh",
  "definition": "a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)",
  "kjv": "(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.",
  "occurrences": 181,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6680",
      "lemma": "צָוָה",
      "transliteration": "tsâvâh",
      "meaning": "appoint",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6680"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מִצְוָה 181 n.f. commandment"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:5",
      "text": "because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:26",
      "text": "He said, “If you will diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:28",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:6",
      "text": "and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 24:12",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/24?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 4:2",
      "text": "“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which the LORD has…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 4:13",
      "text": "“‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 4:22",
      "text": "“‘When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 4:27",
      "text": "“‘If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/4?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 5:17",
      "text": "“If anyone sins, doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he didn’t know it, he is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=17"
    }
  ],
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