Ten Commandments From the Old Testament

"The Ten Commandments"

The Ten Commandments
Hundreds of commandments can be found throughout the Old Testament that, when used collectively, make up the "Old Covenant Law," but one group of commandments, literally written in stone by God, were separate, distinct, and above all others.

These, known as the Ten Commandments, are found in Exodus 20:1-17 and in Deut 5:6-22. They were given by God to the Children of Israel at Mount Sinai after He had delivered them out of slavery to Egypt.

While most of the Old Covenant Law no longer applies to Christians, the Ten Commandments, as confirmed here by Jesus, still do. "You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother." (Mark 10:16)(also in Luke 18:20)

"The Ten Commandments"
(Exodus 20:1-17)

"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery"

1: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

2: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

3: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

<4: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

5: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

6: 'You shall not murder.'

7:'You shall not commit adultery.'

8: 'You shall not steal.'

9: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

10: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

"The Ten Commandments"
with Scriptural Reference)
(Exodus 20:1-17)

1 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

13 "You shall not murder.

14 "You shall not commit adultery.

15 "You shall not steal.

16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Blessings on God's word,

Samuel Mills

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The ten commandments in the KJV are numbered with Roman numerals with an image of a mountain in the clouds at the top.

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