How many commandments in the Bible?

Question

There is more then 10

Answer 1

I think Jews believe in about 630 - some I think are in the Talmud! Read Leviticus that's full of things the Jews had to do and hadn't to do!

Answer 2

just a minor correction to the comment made by many people who don't study the bible and it's associated works. The so-called "Commandment" about loving your neighbour was only quoted by JC. He was referring to a statement made by Rabbil Hillel about 100 years before JC was born. The story goes that a man approached Rabbi Hillel and said that the bible was far too long and could the Rabbi teach it all to him while standing on one leg. R. Hillel replied : "That which is hateful to you, do not do unto your neighbour. The rest is commentary. Now go and study."

Anyway, the answer to the question itself is, as has already been said - 7 commandments for non-Jews (the Noachide commandments) and 613 for Jews. Some for men, some for women, some only if you're in Israel, some only if you're sacrificing in the Temple. Obviously, some of these are no longer used as the Temple doesn't exist, however, they are retained as the day will come when the Temple will be rebuild on its original site and the animal sacrifices will start again.

Answer 3

I believe that there are only 10 "Commandments". In the old testiment there were a ton of laws and such but I don't recall them being referred to as commandments. I think the phrase commandment was reserved for the 10.

Answer 4

At the heart of Jewish law is the unchangeable 613 mitzvot that G-d gave to the Jewish people in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). The word "mitzvah" means "commandment." In its strictest sense, it refers only to commandments instituted in the Torah; however, the word is commonly used in a more generic sense to include all of the laws, practices and customs of halakhah, and is often used in an even more loose way to refer to any good deed.

Some of the mitzvot are clear, explicit commands in the Bible (thou shalt not murder; to write words of Torah on the doorposts of your house), others are more implicit (the mitzvah to recite grace after meals, which is inferred from "and you will eat and be satisfied and bless the L-rd your G-d"), and some can only be ascertained by Talmudic logic (that a man shall not commit incest with his daughter, which is derived from the commandment not to commit incest with his daughter's daughter).

Some of the mitzvot overlap; for example, it is a positive commandment to rest on Shabbat and a negative commandment not to do work on Shabbat.

Although there is not 100% agreement on the precise list of the 613 (there are some slight discrepancies in the way some lists divide related or overlapping mitzvot), there is complete agreement that there are 613 mitzvot. This number is significant: it is the numeric value of the word Torah (Tav = 400, Vav = 6, Resh = 200, Heh = 5), plus 2 for the two mitzvot whose existence precedes the Torah: I am the L-rd, your G-d and You shall have no other gods before Me. There is also complete agreement that these 613 mitzvot can be broken down into 248 positive mitzvot (one for each bone and organ of the male body) and 365 negative mitzvot (one for each day of the solar year).

The most accepted list of the 613 mitzvot is Rambam's list in his Mishneh Torah. In the introduction to the first book of the Mishneh Torah, Rambam lists all of the positive mitzvot and all of the negative mitzvot, then proceeds to divide them up into subject matter categories. See List of the 613 Mitzvot.

Many of these 613 mitzvot cannot be observed at this time for various reasons. For example, a large portion of the laws relate to sacrifices and offerings, which can only be made in the Temple, and the Temple does not exist today. Some of the laws relate to the theocratic state of Israel, its king, its supreme court, and its system of justice, and cannot be observed because the theocratic state of Israel does not exist today. In addition, some laws do not apply to all people or places. Agricultural laws only apply within the state of Israel, and certain laws only apply to kohanim or Levites. The modern scholar Rabbi Israel Meir of Radin, commonly known as the Chafetz Chayim, has identified 77 positive mitzvot and 194 negative mitzvot which can be observed outside of Israel today.

Answer 5

It depends upon which covenant you're referencing.

The Edenic and Noahic Covenants each contained 7 provisions, although not all of them were "commandments."

The Mosaic Covenant contains 613 commandments and laws.

Depending upon who you talk to, the New Covenant brought by Jesus Christ contains anywhere from two to 14 commandments.

There are other covenants in the Bible, but because they didn't contain any "commandments," only promises, I've excluded them.

Peace.

Answer 6

There is 14, english translators in the 16th century combines the last 6 to make only 10.

Answer 7

Does it matter, for we have all broken them?

Even if you think you have kept all but have offended in one point you are guilty of all since we are debtors to keep the whole law.

How then can we answer to God who is perfectly righteous?

Only by faith in His grace in that He punished Christ in our place. That way God remains perfectly righteous, perfectly just and at the same time the justifier of of all who believe in Jesus.

What perfect justice !

Now that is not something that man could have thought up. Search and see for none have.

What a magnificent God we have !

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! How unsearcheable are his judgments and his ways past finding out !

Of him and through him and to him are all things, to whom be the glory for ever.

Answer 8

there are only 10

Answer 9

You need only concern yourself with these, because they summarise all the others.

1) Love God above everything, with your mind, body, soul and spirit.
2) Love other people as much as you love yourself. Show mercy to those despised by society.
3) Love the members of the church as Jesus loves us. This is a seal of our citizenship of The Kingdom of God.
4) Love your enemies, those that despise, hate and abuse you. For every evil done to you, repay with goodness.

Answer 10

start here and you should do fine

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.