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The Eagles tombstones, by my count, list 11 commandments plus a preamble. To be fair, they do indent one commandment in order to get to 10. (What's a little bit of cheating, or trickery?) This raises the questions of how many where did the Eagles version come from and how many versions of the Ten Commandments are there? And which one, if any, is the correct version? As a person who does not recognize the sacredness of the Ten Commandments, these questions are not signficant. However, for the religious, these questions can be of major importance.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments
The lists which are commonly known as the Ten Commandments are given in passages in two books of the Bible: Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21. These passages are provided in English below, using the New Revised Standard Version translation and formatting. Various religions and denominations group the commandments differently; see the Division of the Commandments section for a detailed accounting.
The Ten Commandments
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Deuteronomy 5:6-21 |
| 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
3 Do not have any other gods before me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,
6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
8 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
9 For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work -- you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
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6 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
7 you shall have no other gods before me.
8 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me,
10 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
12 Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
13 For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work -- you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.
15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
17 You shall not murder.
18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
19 Neither shall you steal.
20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour.
21 Neither shall you covet your neighbour's wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbour's house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments
Division of the Commandments
The commandments passage in Exodus contains more than ten imperative statements, totalling 14 or 15 in all. While the Bible itself assigns the count of "10", using the Hebrew phrase aseret had'varim—translated as the 10 words, statements or things, this phrase does not appear in the passages usually presented as being "the Ten Commandments".[3] Various religions parse the commandments differently. The table below highlights those differences.
Division of the Ten Commandments by religion/denomination
| Commandment |
Jewish (Talmudic)**** |
Anglican, Reformed, and other Christian |
Orthodox |
Roman Catholic, Lutheran** |
| I am the Lord your God |
1 |
preface |
1 |
1 |
| You shall have no other gods before me |
2 |
1 |
| You shall not make for yourself an idol |
2 |
2 |
| You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Honor your father and mother |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
| You shall not murder* |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
| You shall not commit adultery |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
| You shall not steal*** |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
| You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
| You shall not covet your neighbor's house |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
| You shall not covet your neighbor's wife |
10 |
Notes:
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The Roman Catholic Church uses the translation 'kill' (less specific) instead of 'murder'.[4] |
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Some Lutheran churches use a slightly different division of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments (9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; 10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his workers, or his cattle, or anything that is your neighbor’s).[5] |
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Sources within Judaism assert that this is a reference to kidnapping, whereas Leviticus 19:11 is the Biblical reference banning the stealing of property. This understanding is based on the Talmudical hermeneutic known as ??? ???? ???????/davar ha-lamed me-inyano, (lit. Something proved by the context), by which this must refer to a capital offense just as the previous two commandments refer to capital offenses.[6] |
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The "Talmudic Division" is the breakdown held by modern Judaism, and dates to at least the Third Century. The "Philonic Division", which dates to the first century, is found in the writings of Philo and Josephus. They ended the first commandment after verse 3 and list the second commandment as verses 4-6, similar to most Protestants (non-Lutheran) and the Eastern Orthodox Church. .[7] |
Source: Which Ten Commandments? A Reprintable, Royalty-Free Handbill edited by Cliff Walker and the late Jyoti Shankar at http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/which.htm (HTMLVersion)
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Hebrew
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Protestant
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1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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1. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
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1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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2. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of 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 unto 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 showing
mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
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2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
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2. 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 showing mercy
unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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3. 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.
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3. Remember thou keep the Sabbath Day.
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3. 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.
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4. 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 in honour of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt not do any work,
neither 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 the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh
day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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4. Honor thy Father and thy Mother.
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4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, 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.
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5. Honour thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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5. Thou shalt not kill.
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5. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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6. Thou shalt not kill.
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6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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6. Thou shalt not kill.
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7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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7. Thou shalt not steal.
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7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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8. Thou shalt not steal.
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8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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8. Thou shalt not steal.
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9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.
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9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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10. 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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10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods.
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10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
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Bloch Publishing Company, New York, 1922.
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Catholic Catechism by Peter Cardinal Gasparri,
"published with Ecclesiastical approval" and bearing the imprimatur of Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop, New York. P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1932.
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King James Bible, issued by the American Bible Society.
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