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* God's laws are also called decrees, statutes, or commandments.
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* Like laws and commands, decrees must be obeyed.
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* An example of a decree by a human ruler was the proclamation by Caesar Augustus that everyone living in the Roman Empire must go back to their hometown in order to be counted in a census.
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* To decree something means to give an order that must be obeyed. This could be translated as, "to order" or "to command" or "to formally require" or "to publicly make a law."
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* To decree something means to give an order that must be obeyed. This could be translated as "to order" or "to command" or "to formally require" or "to publicly make a law."
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* Something that is "decreed" to happen means that this "will definitely happen" or "has been decided upon and will not be changed" or "declared absolutely that this will happen."
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(See also: [command](../other/command.md) **·** [declare](../other/declare.md) **·** [law](../other/law.md) **·** [proclaim](../other/proclaim.md))
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