“Observe to Keep His Commandments and His Statutes and His Judgments According to the Law of Moses”

Bryan Richards

When Samuel the Lamanite speaks of commandments, statutes, and judgments, he is not just being verbose. There were specific statutes and judgments in addition to the Ten Commandments. There were also many more commandments than the original ten. Representative examples of each are given.

COMMANDMENTS

STATUTES

JUDGMENTS

1. Ten Commandments (Ex 20)

11. Ye shall be holy

12. Offer sacrifice willingly

13. Leave some of the harvest in the field for the poor and strangers

14. Ye shall not…deal falsely

15. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour

16. Thou shalt not rob thy neighbour

17. Thou shalt not abuse the deaf and blind

18. In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour

19. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer

20. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart

21. Thou shalt not…bear any grudge

22. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself

(Commandments 11-22 are taken from Lev 19)

1. Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed

2. Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood

3. Ye shall not…use enchantment

4. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh…nor print any marks upon you

5. Do not prostitute thy daughter

6. Ye shall…reverence my sanctuary

7. Regard not them that have familiar spirits

8. Thou shalt honor the elderly

9. If a stranger sojourn with thee…ye shall not vex him

10. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment…in weight, or in measure

(8 other statutes are not listed; statutes are taken from Lev 19:19-37,)

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