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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 234.28
Intro ...
Aleph
The First Commandment
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Beyt
The Second Commandment
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:
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; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.
The first and foremost violation of the Second Commandment is found in Exodus,
the Second Book. Immediately after reception of the Ten Commandments, Israel went
astray and worshipped the Golden Calf, as it is written (Exodus 32.1f):
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount,
the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods,
which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of
the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break
off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your
daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings
which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their
hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf:
and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
This event integrates with many themes from Spoke 2. Searching the entire Bible for all verses that
use the phrase "thy gods" in proximity of the word altar/s, yields exactly two verses; the one above
and this from Jeremiah 11.:
Gimel
The Third Commandment
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.
The first recorded violation of the Third Commandment is found in Leviticus,
the Third Book. It also contains the first occurrence of the word
blaspheme in Bible. We read: (Lev. 24.10f):
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among
the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove
together in the camp; And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD,
and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith,
the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) And they put him in ward, that the mind
of the LORD might be shewed them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him
that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his
head, and let all the congregation stone him. And thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth
the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall
certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he
blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
Dalet
The Fourth Commandment
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work: 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: 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.
The
Heh
The Fifth Commandment
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee.
Vav
The Sixth Commandment
Thou shalt not kill.
Zayin
The Seventh Commandment
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Chet
The Eighth Commandment
Thou shalt not steal.
Tet
The Ninth Commandment
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Yod
The Tenth Commandment
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 ass, nor any
thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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