Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #8 of 613
To emulate His good and just ways
לְהִדַּמּוֹת בִּדְרָכָיו הַטּוֹבִים וְהַיְּשָׁרִים
The verse · Devarim 28:9
יְקִימְךָ ה׳ לוֹ לְעַם קָדוֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע־לָךְ כִּי תִשְׁמֹר אֶת־מִצְוֺת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ בִּדְרָכָיו
“The Lord shall establish thee a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.”
The Rambam’s words
To emulate His good and just ways, as [Deuteronomy 28:9] states: "And you shall walk in His ways."
לְהִדַּמּוֹת בִּדְרָכָיו הַטּוֹבִים וְהַיְּשָׁרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְהָלַכְתָּ, בִּדְרָכָיו" (דברים כח, ט).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #611
Walking in Hashem’s ways
“The root of this commandment is well-known to all, as it and its root are one thing.”
Who & when
“And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Human Dispositions הלכות דעות