The Ten Commandments are a set of rules or laws, God gave to the people of Israel, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. They were given to Moses on Mount Sinai and were written with God's finger on two tablets of stone.
The Israelites received the commandments in the Sinai desert after they had left Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose.
The commandments include instructions to worship only the one true God, to keep the Sabbath holy, to honor one's parents, as well as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, stealing, dishonesty, and coveting.
The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.
The Ark of the Covenant is described in the Bible as a holy container where the Ten Commandments and other holy Israelite objects are held.
Jews and Christians number the commandments differently. The reason is that "Ten Commandments" in the original Hebrew literally reads "Ten Statements." Therefore, Jews count the first statement, which is "I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" as the first commandment.
There are 179 words in the Ten Commandments - as opposed to 26,253 in the European Community's rules on the sale of cabbages.
The oldest extant copy of Ten Commandments is contained in the All Souls Deuteronomy. It is dated to the early Herodian period, between 30 and 1 BC.
King Alfred the Great based the British legal system on the Ten Commandments.
There have been two famous motion pictures called the Ten Commandments, both of which were directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The first was a silent movie in 1923, the second film was released in 1956 and starred Charlton Heston as Moses.
In 2003 Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
A 2004 survey in Britain revealed that "almost one youngster in 10 has never heard of the Ten Commandments." In addition, "nearly half of the youngsters can't recall a single one" even if they have heard the term sometime in their lives. This poll also disclosed that very few indeed understand that observing the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments.
The Israelites received the commandments in the Sinai desert after they had left Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose.
The commandments include instructions to worship only the one true God, to keep the Sabbath holy, to honor one's parents, as well as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, stealing, dishonesty, and coveting.
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The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.
The Ark of the Covenant is described in the Bible as a holy container where the Ten Commandments and other holy Israelite objects are held.
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| Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments (circa 1675 by Aron de Chavez) |
Jews and Christians number the commandments differently. The reason is that "Ten Commandments" in the original Hebrew literally reads "Ten Statements." Therefore, Jews count the first statement, which is "I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" as the first commandment.
There are 179 words in the Ten Commandments - as opposed to 26,253 in the European Community's rules on the sale of cabbages.
The oldest extant copy of Ten Commandments is contained in the All Souls Deuteronomy. It is dated to the early Herodian period, between 30 and 1 BC.
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| Part of the All Souls Deuteronomy, |
King Alfred the Great based the British legal system on the Ten Commandments.
There have been two famous motion pictures called the Ten Commandments, both of which were directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The first was a silent movie in 1923, the second film was released in 1956 and starred Charlton Heston as Moses.
In 2003 Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
A 2004 survey in Britain revealed that "almost one youngster in 10 has never heard of the Ten Commandments." In addition, "nearly half of the youngsters can't recall a single one" even if they have heard the term sometime in their lives. This poll also disclosed that very few indeed understand that observing the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments.
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