Commandments
Laws and commandments are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Laws" instead a noun "Commandments".
Laws
Laws noun - The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.
Nearby Word: law
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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There are, however, a whole bunch of brutal laws, traditions, commandments and decrees, plus some rules.
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As well, God did give Moses the Ten Commandments (as well as many other laws and rules) while on that mountaintop...
Source: Celestial Bureaucracy - In one notable example, Sam spends an entire episode going around asking if people have heard about an Alabama town which just voted to replace all its laws with the Ten Commandments.
Source: Strange Minds Think Alike
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