What does "Ordinances" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Ordinances?

OR'DINANCES. The term, as used by the sacred writers, designates laws and commandments of God, Ex 18:20, or of civil rulers, 1 Pet 2:13, and sometimes religious ceremonies. Heb 9:1, 1 Kgs 16:10. In one passage, 1 Cor 11:2, the word is a translation for the Greek word paradonis, which in twelve other passages of the N.T. is more correctly translated "tradition."

What is the Hebrew word for Ordinances?

Where does Ordinances appear in the Bible?

Ordinances is referenced in 70 verses across 15 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 22:13
• 1 Chronicles 28:7
• 1 Kings 2:3
• 1 Kings 6:12
• 1 Kings 8:58
• 1 Kings 9:4
• 2 Chronicles 7:17
• 2 Chronicles 19:10
• 2 Kings 17:34
• 2 Kings 17:37
• 2 Samuel 22:23
• Daniel 9:5
• Deuteronomy 4:1
• Deuteronomy 4:5
• Deuteronomy 4:8
• Deuteronomy 4:14
• Deuteronomy 4:45
• Deuteronomy 5:1
• Deuteronomy 5:31
• Deuteronomy 6:1
• Deuteronomy 6:20
• Deuteronomy 7:11
• Deuteronomy 7:12
• Deuteronomy 8:11

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Ordinances.