They are recorded in both the Books of Exodus and Deuteronomy God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone on Mount Sinai in Exodus to confirm the moral precepts of the Sinai Covenant between God and his people the Israelites. This page first presents the Ten Commandments in the English translation of the Hebrew text of Exodus Exodus in Hebrew reads "thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife," whereas Exodus in Greek places "thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife" first.
Of interest, the Hebrew and Greek translation of Deuteronomy also places "thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" first. There are twelve phrases in red. Do you recognize and observe it in your home? Children owe their parents love, obedience, respect, and helpfulness. Think of the happiness that obedience to this commandment would bring to thousands of homes today! So, "honor your father and mother. Explanation: This is the shortest of all the commandments, having one less word than the eighth commandment.
Note: according to the King James Version. God forbids murder, the unlawful taking of human life in private vengance or otherwise. Do you know that there are many thousands who have broken this commandment living at large in this country.
And judging from past records, many thousands who will die at the hands of others. Crime has become a huge threat to civilization. Explanation: Do we need a greater regard for the sanctity of the home today? Do we need more honest obedience to marriage vows? Do we need more husbands and wives true to each other?
What is the answer? You know the answer. It is YES! A thousand times yes! In Luke , our Saviour predicted that a Sodom-like moral condition would precede His return to this earth. Now is the time for every Christian home to stand as an example of right living. Remember, you can't write SIN in big letters without the law of God. This seventh commandment must stand, or our civilization will go down in disregarding it.
Explanation: According to police and press reports, the world still needs this commandment. Explanation: This commandment forbids bribery and forgery and even the least suggestion contrary to truth. It forbids libel, slander, and backbiting, and calls for the truth and nothing but the truth.
If Paul needed this commandment, so do we. The reason why some people oppose the Ten Commandments is that their lives are out of harmony with God's will as expressed in them. You see, our obligations are not merely to a law, but to Him who enacted that law. At the heart of the Torah -- a name the Jews apply to the books attributed to Moses -- are the Ten Commandments received at Mount Sinai. Using these fundamental principles -- sometimes called the Decalogue "ten words" -- as a mirror of the mind of God, it is clear that because He is our Creator, God has claims upon every facet of our lives.
God does not want us to be mere soulless slaves of the law or slaves to a divine despot. Even a superficial reading of the Ten Commandments makes clear that these principles correspond to humanity's central needs. They are not an impossible set of demands. They are not meant for angels or a very few people of superior piety while the rest of us have to pass through purgatory for our inability to observe them properly. A sad relic of this mistaken belief exists in Rome, not far from the American embassy.
On the level just below the sanctuary of the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione is a little arched corridor. Along this corridor are five small alcoves whose floors are covered with dirt from the Holy Land. The walls and ceilings of the corridor and of the alcoves are completely covered with various Christian symbols including crucifixes, a crown of thorns, the Greek letters of Christ's name, and an angel of death. What is startling about these designs is that they are all formed from human bones.
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