What are the commandments?

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

Ephesians 2:15 Through his body on the cross, Christ put an end to the law with all its commands and rules. He wanted to create one new group of people out of the two. He wanted to make peace between them.

Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Galatians 2:16 ...No one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:21 ...What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 5:4 Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace... The ONLY verse that talks about falling from grace, and they did it by trying to follow the law!

Jesus said he didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) The effect was the same. Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect. The very next verse, Matthew 5:18, looks forward to the time when the law would be set aside. "...Not even the smallest stroke of a pen will disappear from the Law UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED."

On the cross, Jesus' last recorded saying, "It is finished," is an important milestone. Because of Jesus life, Satan had been defeated. The law was finished and would no longer stand between God and mankind.

The 10 commandments along with the rest of the law ("commands and rules" from Ephesians 2:15) were "set aside" when they were fulfilled or completed at Jesus' resurrection. We are no longer bound by that law.

Answer 3

There was many besides the of course 10 commandments, but the big thing is we are no longer under the law. Its all about love, grace, mercy, building your relationship with you best FRIEND JESUS

Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Answer 4

A guide for our lives that is based on the Being of God. He is righteous and all His ways are righteous and good. All things contrary to Him is sin and the commandments help us see which is which. They are the way of peace because all sin is a lie and the wages of sin is death. So the commandments are the way of life.
They also are a light to the soul. As we have all been born in sin and are inclined to sin the law shows us our situation of being sinners and under the wrath of God and reveals to us that we are unable in ourselves to do anything about it and so acts like a sign pointing to Christ who is able because He kept the law.

Answer 5

Rules given by God to Moses for Israelites.

Important: Not given by God to Us.

They are excellent rules of conduct. However, God's most important rule, as verbalized by Jesus, is for us to forgive each other.

Forgiveness of our peers was not included in those "ten commandments". Why not?

Stubborn people are rather un-forgiving by nature. Several times in the Bible, God called the Israelites "stiff necked" which means stubborn.

Answer 6

1.“I am the Lord your God, You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—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; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5.“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6.“You shall not murder.
7.“You shall not commit adultery.
8.“You shall not steal.
9.“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10.“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Answer 7

1. Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:4-6 (in Context) Genesis 26 (Whole Chapter)
2. Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Exodus 15:25-27 (in Context) Exodus 15 (Whole Chapter)
3. Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exodus 16:27-29 (in Context) Exodus 16 (Whole Chapter)
4. Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:5-7 (in Context) Exodus 20 (Whole Chapter)
5. Exodus 24:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Exodus 24:11-13 (in Context) Exodus 24 (Whole Chapter)
6. Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exodus 34:27-29 (in Context) Exodus 34 (Whole Chapter)
7. Leviticus 4:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Leviticus 4:1-3 (in Context) Leviticus 4 (Whole Chapter)
8. Leviticus 4:13
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Leviticus 4:12-14 (in Context) Leviticus 4 (Whole Chapter)
9. Leviticus 4:22
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
Leviticus 4:21-23 (in Context) Leviticus 4 (Whole Chapter)
10. Leviticus 4:27
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Leviticus 4:26-28 (in Context) Leviticus 4 (Whole Chapter)

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1. AFFECTIONS » Should be set upon the commandments of God (Psalms 19:8-10;119:20,97,103,167)
2. ALMS » COMMANDMENTS AND PRACTICES CONCERNING (Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 14:28,29;15:7-11; Isaiah 58:6,7; Matthew 5:)
3. ALTAR » Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of (Exodus 20:24-26; Deuteronomy 27:5-7; Joshua 8:30,31)
4. CHILDREN » COMMANDMENTS TO (Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3,32; Deuteronomy 5:16; Psalms 119:9;148:12,1)
5. DECALOGUE » See COMMANDMENTS (Exodus 20:1-17; Deuteronomy 5:7-21; Matthew 19:18,19;22:34-40; Luke)
6. DISCIPLESHIP » See COMMANDMENTS
7. DOGMATISM » See COMMANDMENTS, OF MEN
8. ECCLESIASTICISM » See COMMANDMENTS OF MEN
9. FRONTLETS » A leather band worn on the forehead, containing certain commandments (Exodus 13:6-16; Deuteronomy 6:1-8;11:18)
10. LAW » See COMMANDMENTS

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Answer 8

First 3 is about not having other gods, worshiping idols and land and people and places.
4. Set aside time to worship God.
Don't lie, steal, commit adultry and honor your parents.
Don't kill people. Don't be materialistic. Wanting everything you see. That is about it.

Answer 9

Here's a more modern way of looking at the ten commandments:

http://sowhatimachristianteen.blogspot.com/p/the-big-ten_26.html

Answer 10

biblical law.

exodus and deut books of bible.
normally called the ten commandments

A List of the Bible Ten Commandments given by Moses in Exodus 20
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 ***, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.


Bible Ten Commandments - Copy
Another copy of the Bible 10 Commandments, listed in order from Moses can be found at Deuteronomy 5:6-21.