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{{Christianity}}The '''Ten Commandments,''' or the ''Decalogue,'' are a set of laws which were given to [[Moses]] by [[God]]:, as found in the books of [[Exodus]] and [[Deuteronomy]]. The biblical text of the Ten Commandments is differently divided according to [[denomination]]al [[tradition]]s. The [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] tradition traces back to the 3rd and 4th centuries. The Protestant tradition traces back to the 16th century [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. Catholic and Orthodox Ten Commandments<ref>The English translation of the [[Septuagint]] by Sir Lancelot L.C. Brenton (in the public domain) is quoted here. Both lists of the commandments in the Septuagint have the same sequence: [[Exodus, Chapter 20|Exodus 20:2-17]] and [[Deuteronomy, Chapter 5|Deuteronomy 5:6-21]]. However, the [[Douay-Rheims|Douay-Rheims Bible]] translation of the [[Vulgate|Latin Vulgate]] from [[Jerome]]'s translation of the Hebrew text, agrees with the [[King James Version]] in showing the same differences in sequence between the texts of Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21. The traditional Catholic and Orthodox teaching of the sequential division of the Ten Commandments is quoted hereconsistently according to the text of Deuteronomy instead of the text of Exodus emphasized by Protestant teaching. Italics in the English text have been inserted by the translator for the same reason as the King James translators inserted italics, to clarify the meaning and to indicate that they are not part of the original text.</ref>#:1. I am the LORD Lord thy God, which have who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before beside me. #Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imageto thyself an idol, or any nor likeness of any thing that is anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, or that is and whatever are in the earth beneath, or that is and whatever are in the water waters under the earth: . Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: ; for I am the LORD Lord thy God am , a jealous God, visiting recompensing the iniquity sins of the fathers upon the children unto , to the third and fourth generation of to them that hate me; And shewing , and bestowing mercy unto thousands of on them that love meto thousands ''of them'', and on them that keep my commandments. #:2. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD Lord thy God in vain; for the LORD Lord thy God will not hold acquit him guiltless that taketh takes his name in vain. #:3. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou shalt labour, and do shalt perform all thy work: . But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD Lord thy God: in ; on it thou shalt not do any no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thy thine ass, nor any cattleof thine, nor thy the stranger that is within thy gates: sojourns with thee. For in six days the LORD Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and all that things in them is, and rested on the seventh day: wherefore ; therefore the LORD Lord blessed the sabbath seventh day, and hallowed it. #Honor :4. Honour thy father and thy mother: , that thy days it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long upon on the good land , which the LORD Lord thy God giveth gives to thee. #:5. Thou shalt not murdercommit adultery. :6. Thou shalt not steal. :7. Thou shalt not kill.<ref>(The Hebrew term, Catholic and Orthodox traditional understanding of this commandment interprets the intent of it as against the destruction of ''ratsachinnocent''human life, can mean to kill, slay as distinct from [[capital punishment]] of the guilty and the conduct of righteous or to murder)</ref>#Thou shalt not commit [[adulteryJust War Theory|just war]]against pagan idolaters in the promised land and aggressive invaders and oppressors, which was permitted and even commanded under the law of Moses. </ref>#Thou shalt not steal:8. #Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighborneighbour. #:9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighborneighbour's house, wife;:10. thou shalt not covet thy neighborneighbour's wifehouse; nor his field, nor his manservantservant, nor his maidservantmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.<ref>The 9th and 10th commandments. As in the book of Deuteronomy, a distinction is made between the neighbor'swife and the neighbor's property.This influenced Orthodox and Catholic doctrine regarding the dignity of women and wives.</ref>

The [[Protestant]] Ten Commandments, stressing their opposition to statues, contain "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" as the 2nd commandment. The [[Catholic]] Ten Commandments omit this, shifting include it as part of the Commandments up while splitting first commandment against having other [[Idolatry|gods]], and divide "Thou shalt not covet" into "...thy neighbor's wife" (9th) the wife having far more dignity than mere ''property'' (chattal), and "...thy neighbor's goods" (10th)which are property.<ref>An atheistic website provides a comparison among faiths with respect to the Ten Commandments, and many sources: http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/whichcom.htm</ref>:"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife::"nor ''his'' house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his." (Deuteronomy 5:21, [[Douay-Rheims Bible]])

The [[Jewish]] Ten Commandments contain "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of [[Egypt]], out of the house of [[slavery]]" as the 1st commandment, with their 2nd commandment combining the first two Protestant commandments"Thou shalt have no other gods before me: thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself to them", and their listing of the remainder following of their ten follows the Protestant listing.<ref>Ibid. http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/whichcom.htm</ref>

However, as Jewish people would also recognize, the ''[[Torah]]'', or [[Law]] (the first five books of the Old Testament) , actually contains not ten, but [[Mosaic Law|613 positive and negative commandments]]. Thus, when [[Jesus]] is asked (at [[Matthew]] 22:34-36) which is the greatest commandment in the Law, he picks two of the other 603: 'You shall love the Lord thy God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength' (Deuteronomy 6:5) and 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself' ([[Leviticus]] 19:18).

# Past state laws have enforced the [[sabbath]] by forbidding various activities, such as the sale of specific goods, on Sundays. These, however, are all almost now repealed or struck down. Closure of shops on Sundays is by convention, but not legally enforced. However, some states still restrict the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The seven-day week, however, is accepted world-wideworldwide, and most people observe at least one day free from work.# No law enforces the commandment about honoring parents, and it is doubtful that it could be enforced. Liberals are currently attempting to undermine this commandment, by trying to make [[disciplining ]] children illegal. Indeed, in some countries such as Sweden, liberals have already passed legislation to ban [[spanking]] and undermine parents. In contrast, the Bible tells us the correct way to bring up a child and teach him to respect his parents: '''"He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him."''' (Proverbs 13:24)

# The commandment against stealing is enforced by U.S. law.See also: [[Atheism and stealing]]

In recent years, [[liberal]] attorneys and judges have opposed the display of the Ten Commandments on public property by exploiting the judicial system. Obama appointment, Judge Michael F. Urbanski, put forward the ridiculous idea of censoring the Ten Commandments by removing the first four to render them more secular.<ref>httphttps://www.theblaze.com/stories/judge-suggests-stripping-10-commandments-down-to-6-to-remove-religious-elements-in-aclu-led-lawsuit/</ref><ref>http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/308501</ref> The [[ACLU]], [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]], and other liberal organizations regularly file lawsuits in an attempt to censor the display of the Ten Commandments.

''[[The Ten Commandments(1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' is also the title of a famous 1956 motion picture, produced and directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]] and released by Paramount Pictures, starring [[Charlton Heston]] as Moses. It tells the story of Moses essentially as told in the Book of Exodus, with a few changes.

As publicity for the film, and in conjunction with a project of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Paramount helped finance the placement of hundreds of stone tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments. These were placed at courthouse squares, at city halls and in public parks, and became a controversyclaimed by liberals and atheists, particularly in recent years, as to whether they violate the claimed separation of Church and State.==The 5th Commandment==Author [[Dennis Prager]], elaborated on the fact that it is people of faith, who adhere particularly to honouring the parents.<ref>''Ten Commandments Monoliths''Dennis Prager, from the [March 2002 issue of ''Eagle Magazine'' httphttps://www.foewnd.com/tencommandments2022/mar_2002_ten_commandments.html12/many-conservatives-wont-see-grandkids-christmas/ Why many conservatives won't see their grandkids this Christmas], WND, December 20, 2022.<br><i>Dennis Prager laments leftists depriving their parents of respect due to politics.</i></ref>