In the Bible, there are the Ten Commandments or Decalogue, which consist of 10 rules that were given by God for his people, so that they would have a happier and more prosperous life. God gave these commandments to Moses, who wrote them on stone tablets. The 10 Commandments are found in Exodus 20.
The word command comes from the verb to command, which means order or rule. A command is a voice of command, precept, or command.
ten commandments of God
- You will have no other gods besides me.
- You shall not make for yourself any idol, any image of anything in heaven, on earth, or in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not prostrate yourself before them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, who punishes children for the sins of their own parents to the third and fourth generation of those who despise me, but I treat with kindness up to a thousand generations those who love me and obey my commandments.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not let anyone who takes his name in vain go unpunished.
- Remember Saturday, to keep it holy. You will work six days and on them you will do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath dedicated to the Lord your God. In that day you shall not do any work, neither you nor your sons or daughters, nor your male or female servants, nor your animals, nor the strangers who dwell in your cities. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day he rested. Therefore, the Lord blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
- Honor your father and mother, so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.
- You will not kill.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- Thou shalt not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male or female servants, nor his ox or ass, nor anything that belongs to him
the most important commandment
The Bible reveals an episode where Jesus is asked about the most important commandment of all. Jesus replied that the most important thing is, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). The second most important is, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39).
These two commandments are also known as the golden rule, because whoever manages to fulfill it will certainly also fulfill the 10 commandments expressed in the Old Testament.
The second, which speaks of love among neighbors, is also often described as the new commandment, thanks to the biblical passage in John 13:34.
See too:
- meaning of bible
- What is Torah?
- meaning of law
- Definition of Doctrine
