Law, Ten Commandments
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· 7 viewsThe basic laws given to Israel through Moses following the exodus from Egypt (Ex 20:1-17; Dt 5:6-21). The first four commandments safeguard Israel’s special relation to God; the remaining six protect individuals within the community and promote their well-being.
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The Ten Commandments are to govern the life of Israel as the people of God
The Ten Commandments are to govern the life of Israel as the people of God
Israel should obey God alone
Israel should obey God alone
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me.
See also Dt 6:13–15
Idolatry forbidden
Idolatry forbidden
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
See also Ex 32:1–8; Le 19:4; 1 Co 10:7
God’s name should not be misused
God’s name should not be misused
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
See also Mt 7:21
A day of rest is commanded
A day of rest is commanded
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
See also Ex 16:23; Le 19:3; Is 56:2; Je 17:21–22
Parents are to be honoured
Parents are to be honoured
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
See also Mt 15:4; Eph 6:1–3
Murder is forbidden
Murder is forbidden
“You shall not murder.
See also Ge 4:8–16; Mt 5:21
Adultery is forbidden
Adultery is forbidden
“You shall not commit adultery.
See also Le 18:20; 2 Sa 11:2–5; Mt 5:27; Heb 13:4
Stealing is forbidden
Stealing is forbidden
“You shall not steal.
See also Le 19:11; Le 19:13
False witness is forbidden
False witness is forbidden
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
See also Le 19:11
Coveting is forbidden
Coveting is forbidden
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
See also Le 19:17–18; Job 31:9–12; Ro 7:7
The circumstances surrounding the giving of the Ten Commandments
The circumstances surrounding the giving of the Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments written on stone tablets
The Ten Commandments written on stone tablets
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
See also Dt 4:13; Dt 9:9–10
The stone tablets broken
The stone tablets broken
Ex 32:19 Moses broke the stone tablets when he saw that the Israelites had sinned by making the golden calf.
See also Dt 9:16–17
A second set of stone tablets made
A second set of stone tablets made
Ex 34:1; Ex 34:28
See also Dt 10:1–2
The second set of stone tablets put in the ark of the covenant
The second set of stone tablets put in the ark of the covenant
He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.
See also Dt 10:1–2