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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

FYI there are two sets of the Ten Commandments:  The first set of Commandments is found in Exodus 20:1-17.  These commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai which were written by the hand of God upon the two tables of stones and were destroyed by Moses when he came from the mount and saw that the people had corrupted themselves.  Exodus 32 :15-19 tells why Moses broke the stones and destroyed the first set of commandments.  God gave Moses a second set of commandments that Moses wrote on a set of stones found in Deuteronomy 5:6-22  

First Set of Ten commandments

Exodus 20:1-17


 1  And God spake all these words, saying,

 2  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

 3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

 4  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

 5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

 6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

 7  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

 8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

 9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13  Thou shalt not kill.

14  Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15  Thou shalt not steal.

 16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

 17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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Exodus 32:15-19 tells why Moses broke the first set of commandments

Exodus 32

15  And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

 16  And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

 17  And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

 18  And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

 19  And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
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Second Set of Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:6-22 is the second set of commandments given to Moses by God.  These commandments were written on tables of stones by the hand of Moses and identical to the first set written by the hand of God, but was destroyed by Moses.
 
Deuteronomy 5:6-22

6  I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

7  Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

8  Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

9  Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

10  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

11  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

12  Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

13  Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

15  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

 16  Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

 17  Thou shalt not kill.

 18  Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

 19  Neither shalt thou steal.

 20  Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

 21  Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

 22  These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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