Why does the list of the Ten Commandments published in Jewish writings differ from the common biblical one?

Answer 1

There are actually three versions of the Ten Commandments, Jewish, Catholic (and Lutheran), and Protestant taken from Exodus Chapter 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy Chapter 5:6-21.

With the new revelations of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in the early Catholic Church, a slightly different emphasis was placed on different commandments.

Then 1500 years later, the Protestant in objecting to certain Catholic practices, once again changed the emphasis of the Ten Commandments.

+ Jewish Ten Commandments (before 1000 BC)

1. I am the Lord your G-d who has taken you out of the land of Egypt.
2. You shall have no other gods but me.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your G-d in vain.
4. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy.
5. Honor you mother and father.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness.
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Source: http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Torah/Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html

+ Catholic (and Lutheran) Ten Commandments (about 100 AD)

1. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven 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.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
3. 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; in it, you shall not do any work.
4. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ***, or anything that is your neighbor's.

Source: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1ind.htm

+ Protestant Ten Commandments (about 1600 AD)

1. You shall have no other gods but me.
2. You shall not make unto you any graven images
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
4. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
5. Honor your mother and father
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor

Source: http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Bible%20Studies/10%20Commandments.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The "common" biblical one changes mildly from each different printing of the Bible. Also, the "Bible" has been dramatically modified throughout its creation (you are aware that the Bible is a collection of books, not just one book, right?). Looking at a Bible from 1000 AD would give you a very different picture of Christianity. Just do some research on the Dead Sea Scrolls for an in depth explanation.

Answer 3

Because what we think of as the 10 commandments are not actually the commandments that moses brought down from Mount Si'nai. The real 10 commandments that were written on stone tablets are listed in Exodus 34:13-28. And if all you people don't believe me, look it up. The ones we think of as commandments were just rules that god verbally told moses on his first trip up the mount and were never written down on any tablets by moses or by god.

Answer 4

The Jewish one pre-dates the others. The Old Testament was written in HEBREW - there's a reason for that - figure it out. The so-called "common biblical one" is based on the original!!!

Answer 5

There are 3 sets of ten commandments in the Bible. What set are you refering to?

Answer 6

Its a reflection of the difference in Hebrew and western cultures.

Answer 7

because centuries agom some archbishop decided there were too many words and decided to shorten them to what he wanted them to say. I think he left out some of the most important parts.

Answer 8

Differences in traslation.

Answer 9

Prove it.

Answer 10

i think it's the interpretation of the writers...