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First Commandment

American  

noun

  1. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”: first of the Ten Commandments.


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Anyway, the First Commandment of plane eating is: Thou shalt not bring strong-smelling food on a plane.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2020

At this point things really start humming, but at this point must be enforced the First Commandment for whodunits: thou shalt not tell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the First Commandment is to shine and impart its splendor to all the others.

From Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and Dau by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

When the people have, for instance, at length correctly understood the First Commandment, you may proceed to the Second, and so continue.

From An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism by Stump, Joseph

The divine Principle 340:21 of the First Commandment bases the Science of being, by         which man demonstrates health, holiness, and life eternal.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

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