Ten Commandments

Also known as Decalogue, 10 Commandments, the Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, the 10 Commandments, Aseret ha-dibberot, Aseres hadibros

biblical principles relating to ethics and worship

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The Ten Commandments are biblical principles that guide ethical behavior and proper worship, establishing fundamental moral and religious standards. They matter because they have shaped Western legal systems, religious practice, and cultural values for thousands of years.

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This 1768 parchment by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Ten Commandments at the Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue

The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת‎, romanized: ʿĂśéreṯ had-Dibbərôṯ, lit. 'The Ten Words'), also called the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, dekálogos, lit. 'ten words'), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given by God to Moses. The text of the Ten Commandments appears in three markedly distinct versions in the Hebrew Bible: at Exodus 20:1–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the "Ritual Decalogue" of Exodus 34:11–26.