10 commandments. The 10 commandments were given to the israel nation through moses. You shall not make for yourself a carved image. I am the lord thy god thou shalt not have any strange gods before me this commandment forbids idolatry the worship of false gods and goddesses and it excludes polytheism the belief in many gods insisting instead on monotheism the belief in one god.
No other gods before me. The ten commandments are essentially a summary of the 613 commandments contained in the old testament law. God gave the decalogue or 10 commandments to the israelites shortly after they left egypt.
The ten commandments hebrew. The first four commandments deal with our relationship with god. 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the lord your god.
In the scriptures these laws are called the aseret hadevarim the ten words or ten utterances. Though god wrote the 10 commandments thousands of years ago they still influence our society today. The ten commandments also known as the decalogue are ten laws in the bible that god gave to the nation of israel shortly after the exodus from egypt.
11 for in six days the lord made the heavens and the earth the sea and all that is in them but he rested. The ten commandments in order are. The text of the ten commandments appears twice in the hebrew bible.
Ten commandments also called decalogue greek. Moses met with god and the 10 commandments were written for the people to follow. Most scholars date this event around the 13th or 14th century bc.
God wrote the 10 commandments on stone tablets and gave them moses to share with all the israelites soon after they left captivity in egypt exodus 201 26moses reiterated them 40 years later in deuteronomy 51 22 as the israelites neared the promised land. At exodus 20217 and deuteronomy 5617. Deka logoi 10 words list of religious precepts that according to various passages in exodus and deuteronomy were divinely revealed to moses on mount sinai and were engraved on two tablets of stone.
Aseret hadibrot also known in christianity as the decalogue are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worshipthese are fundamental to both judaism and christianity. The nation of israel was now free from slavery in egypt and was camped around mount sinai when thunder lightning a thick cloud and the sound of trumpets signaled gods presence. 2 we are commanded to have no other gods before the lord.
On it you shall not do any work neither you nor your son or daughter nor your male or female servant nor your animals nor any foreigner residing in your towns.