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However, one group of commandments is very special, and it is known as "the commandments." That is the Ten Commandments, dictated by God, written in stone, and given to God's people forever. The people of Israel placed The Ten Commandments first, separate and distinct above all others.
Most of The Law of the Old Covenant no longer applies to Christians under the New Covenant (See Hebrews 8:13, etc.) However, the Ten Commandments still apply, because they were ratified by Jesus in Mark 10:19 and Luke 18:20 when He said, "You know the commandments."
The Ten Commandments are given in two different places in the Bible, once in Exodus 20:1-17 and once in Deuteronomy 5:6-22. The content is the same in both places.
EXODUS 20:1-17 (KJV)
The Ten Commandments
1
And God spake all these words, saying,
2
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth.
5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them
that hate me;
6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me, and keep my commandments.
7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in
vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that
taketh his name in vain.
8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is
within thy gates:
11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and
hallowed it.
12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may
be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
13
Thou shalt not kill.
14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15
Thou shalt not steal.
16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour.
17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his
manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
* * *
"And all the people saw the thunderings, and the
lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the
mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they
removed, and stood afar off." (Exodus 20:18 KJV)
Here is a summary list of The Ten Commandments, based on the Scriptures
above:
1. Have no other gods ahead of The Lord God Almighty.
2. Make no idols, worship no idols.
NOTE: "Graven images" here means idols, not all
drawings or statues, as some have mistakenly
believed. If statues were prohibited, then
the two angel statues on the Ark Of The
Covenant would have been prohibited.
(See Exodus 25:18-20)
3. Do not take the name of God in vain.
4. Keep the Sabbath, one day each week.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. Do not commit murder.
NOTE: This is a prohibition against private killing,
not against killing in war or as punishment for
breaking the law. God specifically authorized
killing in war (see Deuteronomy 7:2, etc.)
and killing as punishment for certain crimes
(see Deuteronomy 13:9, etc.)
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. Do not give false testimony against anyone.
10. Do not covet other people's possessions.
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