If as a believer in the bible you worship the one god and love thy neighbour as thy self then surely do not kill lie steal desire are superfluous
2006-10-25 22:23:07 · 20 answers · asked by frchrisfgn 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
people could count any higher
2006-10-25 22:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by species8472 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Jews, there are 613 commandments spread out throughout the Pentateuch (5 books of Moses). It was too big a load for Moses to carry down the mountain though.
For everybody else, there are the 7 Noachide commandments.
So, the 10 is really a massive contraction of the whole lot.
The commandments however, really only concern the Jews. Jesus tried to modify the whole issue which was one of the complaints the Sanhedrin had against him - heresy. his followers continued and extended the range of heretical belief, thus changing xtianity from an offshoot of judaism into a competitor.
2006-10-25 23:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The love thy neighbour thing is the 11th Commandment given by Jesus (Robert Powell) to his Disciples during the Last Supper.
GOD knows that this Commandment will not achievable by the Human Race for a very, very long time - If Ever!
2006-10-25 23:00:48 · answer #3 · answered by John Trent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever since man walked out of the garden and even before he seemed to have a problem getting it right. So God made it simple with just 10 little rules, and man still doesn't get it right.
But thank God Almighty for Jesus. He got it right for all of us.
I Cr 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
10-26-6
2006-10-25 22:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 You shall have no other Gods but me.
2 You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
3 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4 You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.
5 Respect your father and mother.
6 You must not kill.
7 You must not commit adultery.
8 You must not steal.
9 You must not give false evidence against your neighbour.
10 You must not be envious of your neighbour's goods. You shall not be envious of his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour.
every one needs a few rules to live by and i guess these arent that bad
2006-10-25 22:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by flowerpot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews need specificity. The rest of us need to learn to read between the lines. to each is given what they need. Who knows except that you have to admit people are really good at rationalizing around. He was just giving the top Two, in a response to being asked for the first one. You have to give Him credit for a quick wit. He covered every moral issue in one command, how cool is that??
2006-10-25 23:06:53 · answer #6 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was 11 - 'Thou shall not get caught' Which dispelled the rest as nonsense, But obviously the powers that be were horrified and edited the truth once again....
2006-10-25 22:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by mark leshark 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They origionally had fifteen, but they were lost when Moses dropped the tablet on his way down from the mountain and it smashed.
I will ring your doorbell in the middle of the night, then run away!!!
2006-10-25 22:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God needed to set them out as Man (or Woman) is a simple creature and needs this level of explanation and clarity, otherwise you could have just one commandment eg. be a good person or something similar. But god made it more explicit and easier for us to understand.
2006-10-25 22:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by Bindesh M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the number 10 in the bible stands for Perfection, thats why ten comandments! because if you live after the comandments you will be Perfect, but also you must have writen the comandments in your heart to be Perfect
2006-10-29 07:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by repentance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus clarified these ten commandments in the NT even if you just THINK about somebody with lustful thoughts you have already committed adultery. Read the rest of them in the NT.
2006-10-25 22:43:07 · answer #11 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋