This article deals with the Ten Commandments. It lists the ten commandments given by God to Moses and provides faith expression artworks based on these commandments.
According to the Bible, the Ten Commandments were written by God Himself on stone tablets which Moses brought to Mount Sinai as per instruction of God. There, on Mount Sinai, God informed Moses what He wanted to give to His chosen people. This was the Ten Commandments. At about this time, God asked Moses to go back immediately to his people. Moses found his people engaged in idol worship. Out of extreme anger, Moses smashed the stone tablets he was carrying. Moses knew, too, that God was about to destroy them. Moses broke into pieces the metal idol they worshipped. Then, he begged God to forgive his people by lying face downward in the LORD’s presence for forty days and nights. Once more, God asked Moses to bring two cut stone tablets to Mount Sinai and on these tablets God wrote the Ten Commandments. God granted Moses’s prayer of mercy for the chosen people.
The Ten Commandments and Faith Expression Artworks
First Commandment: “I am the Lord your God…. Worship no god but me.” (Exodus 20:1-3 / TEV)
Second Commandment: “Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.” (Exodus 20:7 / TEV)
Third Commandment: “Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy.” (Exodus 20:8 / TEV)
Fourth Commandment: “Honour your father and your mother….” (Exodus 20:12 / NIV®)
Fifth Commandment: “You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13 / NIV®)
Sixth Commandment: “You must not commit adultery.” (Exodus 20:14 / NLT 2013)
Seventh Commandment: “You must not steal.” (Exodus 20:15 / NLT 2013)
Eighth Commandment: “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:16 / NLT 2013)
Ninth & Tenth Commandments: “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:17 / NLT 2013)
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