"You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces. But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days."" (Exodus 23:24-26) The literal commandment is that we should "serve the LORD" our G-d. How we should serve Him is not specified in this passage.
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
The literal commandment is that we should speak the words of this passage when we lie down and when we rise up.
"Speak to the sons of Israel, 'When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the LORD, and that person is guilty, then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged." (Numbers 5:6-7) The literal commandment is that we should confess our sins and make restitution.
"You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead." (Leviticus 19:28) The literal commandment is that we should not shave our forehead for the sake of the dead. The Hebrew literally reads, "do not make baldness between your eyes for the dead".
"You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27) The LITV translation says, "You shall not round the edge of your head, nor mar the edge of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27 LITV) The literal commandment is that we should not harm the edges of our beards.
"You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27) The LITV translation says, "You shall not round the edge of your head, nor mar the edge of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27 LITV)
The literal commandment is that we should not round off the side-growth of our heads.