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'The Ten Words'), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, dekálogos, lit. 'ten words'), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses.
Aug 29, 2024 · Ten Commandments, 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. The Commandments are recorded virtually identically in Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.
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- The Ten Commandments are a list of religious precepts that, according to passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses by Yah...
- The Ten Commandments establish rules of worship and forbid actions such as murder, theft, and adultery. They reflect a morality common to the ancie...
- The year the Ten Commandments were written is unknown. Scholars have proposed a wide range of dates on the basis of different interpretations of th...
- The numbering of the Ten Commandments differs in different religious traditions. In Talmudic Judaism, the “prologue” is the first commandment, or u...
Aug 19, 2024 · 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. The Ten Commandments are essentially a summary of the 613 commandments contained in the Old Testament Law.
Jul 25, 2023 · The Decalogue: Ten Commandments or Ten Statements? The Hebrew term for the Decalogue is עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים aseret hadevarim. The word דבר davar is one of the most common nouns in biblical Hebrew, and can mean “word,” “thing,” “statement,” and even “commandment.”. What does it mean in this context?
Feb 4, 2022 · The Decalogue or Ten Commandments: Similarities and Differences in Religious Traditions. by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Ten Commandments. The term ‘Ten Commandments’ or—more accurately—‘Decalogue’ comes from the Hebrew asérét haddevarim, literally ‘the ten words’ (Exod. 34:28; Deut. 4:13; 10:4), though it was not commonly used before Clement of Alexandria in the second century ad (Houtman, 1996).
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No ancient law collection is as well-known today as the Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, thanks in part to American politics and cinema as well as, of course, the Bible. The Decalogue exhibits an unmatchable simplicity of expression, making it one of the most memorized passages in the Bible.
