Law & Covenant

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20

The covenant stipulations given at Sinai, repeated with variations in Deuteronomy 5.

How the passage moves

1
Prologue
The commands are introduced by a rescue claim: 'I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.'
Exodus 20:2
2
Toward God
Exclusive worship, images, the name, and the sabbath.
Exodus 20:3-11
3
Toward neighbour
Parents, killing, adultery, theft, testimony and coveting.
Exodus 20:12-17
4
Two tellings
Deuteronomy 5 grounds the sabbath in the Exodus rather than in creation.
Deuteronomy 5:15

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