2 Nephi 1:16

"16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the ^astatutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul from the beginning."

Lehi desires for Laman and Lemuel (and others whose actions have been questionable up to this point) that they observe the statutes and judgments of the Lord. A statute is a law decreed by God, or in other words, the commandments. He also wants them to observe the judgments of the Lord. What does that exactly mean? Is it saying the same as observing statutes or commandments? What do you think?

I find it interesting that Lehi states that he has been anxious about the behavior of his sons from the beginning. It seems then that Laman and Lemuel have always been a problem. Or, they started to be a problem when Lehi first told them that they were going to leave Jerusalem. It seems to me that it all depends on when "the beginning" was. However, the important point is that the current direction on the road to the Celestial Kingdom for those two is not in the right direction. Lehi is very worried about this. We shall see more in the upcoming verses.