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Commandments
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Psalms 19:7-9  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) A commandment is a specific instruction or law from God that we are to obey forever. Commandments have no precedents because they establish original, divine law. A statute designates a law that one engraves, meaning a lawgiver establishes it unchangeably unless he alone changes it. A religious statute sets rules for worship. Secular statutes have the force of a royal decree. A statute is formulated like a law: "You shall (not) do so-and-so" (Exodus 22:18-23:33). A synonym for statute is "oracle." A judgment is a decision based on an established law. A judge takes associated factors into account to decide appropriately for the specific situation. It takes the form of a case-law: "If you do so-and-so, you will pay so much" (Exodus 21:1—22:15). A synonym for judgment is "precedent." Martin G. Collins The Ten Commandments

Amos 2:4-5  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) The translation of "law" is misleading. The word is torah, and in this context it does not mean a code of rules written in a book, like a book of law. That aspect is found in the word "commandments" or "statutes," which means written, in this case, on stone. The word is literally "engraved." "Law" is teaching or instruction, suggesting a relationship that exists because an instructor is teaching a pupil. When God says, "they have despised the law," in reality they have rejected Him, the Instructor. In effect, He says, "The relationship has been broken and now you are breaking My commandments," showing that it is a cause and effect process. Just in case they missed the point, He illustrates what He meant from examples out of society. John W. Ritenbaugh Guard the Truth!

Galatians 4:21  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) He is essentially asking, "Do you understand the instruction contained in the following episode drawn from Genesis?" Alternatively, "Do you comprehend what is in the law and its application to a New Covenant Christian?" John W. Ritenbaugh The Offerings of Leviticus (Part One): Introduction

Galatians 4:21-23  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) The births of Ishmael and Isaac are recorded in Genesis 16 and 21. Though this happened long before the Ten Commandments and the other laws were given through Moses, Paul refers to this portion of Scripture as the law! Obviously, Paul uses "law" to mean the entire Pentateuch or Torah (the first five books of the Bible), not just the Commandments. In Galatians 4:24, he specifically mentions the Old and New Covenants. Earl L. Henn (1934-1997) What Was the Law 'Added Because of Transgressions'?

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