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  • ADULTERY
  • COVENANT
  • NEIGHBOR
  • MOUNTAIN
  • SABBATH
  • WORSHIP
  • WITNESS
  • THUNDER
  • TABLETS
  • MOSES
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moses
Moses receives tablets twice in Exodus, but the second time he cuts the stone himself before returning up the mountain.
sabbath
Exodus connects Sabbath rest with creation, while Deuteronomy connects it with freedom from slavery, giving the command two explanations.
worship
The first command, to have no other gods, frames the whole list, which Jews call the Ten Words, not Commandments.
witness
Deuteronomy gives a false witness the penalty intended for the accused, turning a dishonest accusation back upon the person who invented it.
adultery
The Hebrew adultery command is only two words long, making a brief line carry one of the list's major responsibilities.
covenant
In Exodus, the covenant includes a shared meal on the mountain, putting eating together beside the giving of laws.
neighbor
Leviticus pairs loving your neighbor with loving the foreigner as yourself, repeating a generous standard for people who came from somewhere else.
mountain
Genesis places Noah's ark on the mountains of Ararat, rather than a single named peak, leaving the story's precise landing site unspecified.
thunder
Exodus describes people seeing the thunder in its Hebrew wording, blending sight and sound in the account of the mountain's extraordinary scene.
tablets
Exodus says the tablets were written on both sides, unlike many paintings that show lettering only on their front faces.
decalogue
Decalogue comes from Greek words meaning ten words, the name Greek-speaking Jews and Christians gave the commandments.
commandment
Though everyone says ten, the Hebrew text never numbers them; traditions divide the same words into different counts.
deuteronomy
The commandments appear twice in the Bible, once in Exodus and again, slightly reworded, in the book of Deuteronomy.
murder
The Hebrew verb here, ratsach, means unlawful killing, so many newer Bibles read murder rather than the older kill.
promise
The command to honor parents includes a promise, and Ephesians later singles out that feature when repeating the instruction.

Trivia

  1. On which mountain does the Book of Exodus say Moses received the Ten Commandments?

    Mount Sinai (also called Horeb).

  2. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible. Name one of the two books.

    Exodus (chapter 20) and Deuteronomy (chapter 5).

  3. Greek-speaking Jews and Christians call the Ten Commandments by what one-word name meaning ten words?

    The Decalogue.

  4. Different faith traditions number the commandments differently. Name two that disagree on the count.

    Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed all divide them differently.

  5. According to Exodus, what were the commandments written on, and by whom?

    Two stone tablets, written by the finger of God.

Trivia · 1 / 5
On which mountain does the Book of Exodus say Moses received the Ten Commandments?
Mount Sinai (also called Horeb).

In their words

We cannot break the Ten Commandments. We can only break ourselves against them.

Cecil B. DeMille

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Saint Augustine, Confessions

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Sources: Nash Papyrus, Cambridge Digital Library · The story of Coventry Cathedral · The Ten Commandments and You, Cecil B. DeMille (BYU Speeches) · Nash Papyrus (Wikipedia)

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