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“The word commandment does not refer to a command or military order that must be followed to avoid punishment; rather, the word comes from the Latin comanere, which means to “give assistance” or literally to “work hand in hand.” The commandments “give us a hand” by teaching us how to love one another and thus how to live a life in alignment with being with God in the world.”
― Blake T. Ostler, Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement