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The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:3-17 Deuteronomy 30 11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. 15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. Exodus 20 (Deut. 5:7-21) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God…. When In Venice Stay Put, Most All Thieves Leave Eventually. Worship Idolatry ‘Vanity’ Sabbath Parents Murder Adultery Theft Lying Envy Perspectives Relationships Priorities Responsibilities Sanctities TIME PERSONHOOD PROPERTY Hierarchy GOD Parents Neighbours Dualities The INNER Life Worship Envy The OUTER life Lying Theft EXODUS 20 (see also Deuteronomy 5) 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. (C #1) 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any 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. (C #2) 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 showing 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. (C #3) 8 Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. (C #4) 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. (Commandment #5) 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. (C #6) 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. (C #7) 15 Thou shalt not steal. (C #8) (Commandment #9) 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Commandment #10) 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 donkey, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. Graces The two commandments that trump them all. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Leviticus 19 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were