Do Jews have 10 commandments? I don't mean, according to the bible either because the bible is for Christians.

Question

So you all mean to tell me that Jews worship according to the old Testament because I really did not know that. Oh, btw, thanks for being so polite and helpful, really makes me glad I'm not you guys too!

Answer 1

Well, eldude, looks like you took some abuse here, maybe deservedly so. Hopefully you are asking the question and truly seeking the answer. I will give you the benefit of the doubt.

The Bible is for Christians, yes, however the Jewish people preserved the "Old Testament" and were commended by Paul for doing so. (Romans 3: 1-2).

With that in mind, the Hebrew "Old" testament is a valid tool for the Jewish folks for instructions on how to live thier lives. They have struggled and persevered to accurately preserve the knowledge that God entrusted them with.

The "oracles" preserved by the Jews are what we today call the "Old" Testament. All the early christians used those scriptures to learn the way God wanted them to live their lives. There was no "New" Testament" scriptures in those days. The Tanakh ( The Hebrew Scriptures) was the only Bible at that time.

What did Paul teach about those scriptures?

2Ti 3:15-17

Again, those were the Hebrew or "Old" Testament scriptures.

Who did Paul commend and why?

Acts 17:10-11

Again, these were the Hebrew Scriptures.

Paul was what we would call today an Orthodox or even Ultra Orthodox Jew. He was teaching the way to salvation thru Yashua using the Hebrew scriptures. That means that he was teaching ALL the scriptures, not picking and choosing as some do today. Paul did not have a New Testament to teach from.

Now think, as the nice young (I assume young!!) lady pointed out, the Jews see the Torah (The first 5 books of the Bible) as having at least 613 Laws. Paul is teaching his converts that Law. He never taught any different, dispite some folks who twist his writings. (2 Peter 3:15-16; Romans 7:12)

That means the Jews are (basically, with some reservations for Jewish error) living their lives the way Yashua, Paul, Peter and the rest of the apostles, who were all Jews,would be living thier lives if they walked the earth today, except the Jews do not accept Yashua as the Messiah......yet.
(Sorry, nice young (??) lady)

Yashua and the apostles, including Paul, would be more comfortable and at home in a synagogue today than in the vast majority of "christian" churches . They would be keeping the 7th day Sabbath and the Biblical Holy Days. They would be (basically) eating kosher and not any of the unclean food as defined by the Bible.

This is the way Paul taught all his converts to live too. In spite of the lies told about him by his Jewish enemies ( and today by "christian" ministers). (Acts 21:18-28)


Acts 18:24-28 Apollos taught from the same scriptures.

You will find this repeated throughout the "New" Testament.

The basic theme of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations, never changes:

Ec 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Answer 2

eldude--you have to understand that more questions than you can count about Judaism are deliberately asked out of malice. If the respondents to this question knew that you were serious you would have received a much more polite answer, I'm sure. To say that "the Bible is for Christians" is ntgo correct, and left on its own can easily be misconstued as deliberately insulting.

So, for the record: what Christians call the "Old Testament" is what we Jews call "the Bible". We do not recognize the "New Testament" as being valid Scripture. The Ten Commandments can be found in our Bible, in two places actually--in Exodus (chapter 20), and in Deuteronomy(chapter 5). They are actually in slightly different forms, and the precise definition of which is the first, second, etc., is actually different depending upon whether you are Christian or Jewish. You can get a good summary in the link below.

Answer 3

Do you seriously not know this? Where have you been? The Ten Commandments are in the Old Testament NOT the New Testament. The New Testament is for Christians; the Old Testament is for everyone!

Answer 4

There is no reason that anyone would know anything if they weren't taught or didn't teach themselves.

I'm sorry that no one has told you this before, but it is a fact that the Old Testament in the Christian Bible is also the Jewish Bible. Moses, a famous Jewish leader, was the recipient of the ten commandments. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism. People who chose to follow the teachings of Christ were primarily Jewish, although Christians accepted others who believed in the divinity of Christ, and this group gradually evolved away from Judaism. To this day we refer to Judeo-Christian traditions because Jews and Christians share the same beginnings.

Keep asking questions.

Answer 5

The Old Testament is Jewish not Christian. The commandments are found in Exodus 20 where the history of the story of the nation of Israel leaving Egypt and returning to Israel after 400 years of living in Egypt. Christianity did not develop until after Jesus came hundred of years later. Jesus taught his followers who would become Christians that He came not to destroy the law (the commandments) but to fulfill them and establish a new covenant with man. Christians recognize that the new covenant is explained in the New Testament books of the Bible... Testament means covenant. So we have the Old covenant and the New covenant. Jews recognize the Old, and Christians recognize the New. Christians put the old and the new in their Bible because one is built on the other and helps us to understand the whole picture.

Answer 6

Obviously you are mocking. Do you ever get tired of being tiresome?

The Israelites of which the Jews come from were given the 10 words which we call the ten commandments at mount Sinai.

The Jewish people recognise 613 differant laws in the torah.

Now the fun part. If you count them up there are over 1000 laws ( I can't find my referance book I must have lent it out) in the new testiment. And the christians call Jews legalistic.

Repent

Answer 7

God gave the Jews the 10 commandments to start with. Read the Bible.

Answer 8

Are you learning anything in your bible study. The 10 commandments were given to Moses who freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt. Moses was jewish. I don't believe in any of these religious stuff, but at least I saw the movie starring Charlie Heston. You should watch it.

Answer 9

They were the commandments for the Jews long before they were the commandments for the Christians.

Answer 10

the 10 commandments wasn't from the bible, moses brought them down on stone tablets (but maybe the story was in the bible sure). and jews do to use the bible, the old testament