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First Commandment (other)
The First Commandment of the Ten Commandments may refer to: * "I am the Lord thy God", under the Talmudic division of the third-century Jewish Talmud * "Thou shalt have no other gods before me", under the Philonic division used by Hellenistic Jews and Protestants * "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" ( he, לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, Lōʾ-t̲aʿăśeh lək̲ā p̲esel, wək̲ol-təmûnāh) is an abbreviated form of one of the Ten Commandments whi ...", under the Augustinian division used by Roman Catholics and Lutherans Other uses * ''The First Commandment'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Brad Thor * "The First Commandment" (''Stargate SG-1''), a television episode {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת, ''aséret ha-dibrót'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words), are a set of Divine law, biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. The text of the Ten Commandments appears twice in the Hebrew Bible: at Book of Exodus, Exodus and Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy . According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai (Bible), Mount Sinai and inscribed by the finger of God on two Tablets of Stone, tablets of stone kept in the Ark of the Covenant. Scholars disagree about when the Ten Commandments were written and by whom, with some modern scholars suggesting that they were likely modeled on Hittites, Hittite and Mesop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am The Lord Thy God
"I am the thy God" (KJV, also "I am the Lord your God" NJB, WEB, ''’Ānōḵî Adonai ’ĕlōheḵā'') is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral imperatives by ancient legal historians and Jewish and Christian biblical scholars. The text of the Ten Commandments according to the Book of Exodus begins: The conventional "the " in English translations renders in the Hebrew text (transliterated "YHWH"), the proper name of the God of Israel, reconstructed as ''Yahweh''. The translation "God" renders אֱלֹהִים (transliterated " Elohim"), the normal biblical Hebrew word for " god, deity". The introduction to the Ten Commandments establishes the identity of God by both his personal name and his historical act of delivering Israel from Egypt. The language and pattern reflects that of ancient royal treaties in which a great king identified himself and his previous gracious acts toward a subject king or people.The NIV Study Bible, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me
"Thou shalt have no other gods before on my face" ( he, לא יהיה־לך אלהים אחרים על־פני) is one, or part of one depending on the numbering tradition used, of the Ten Commandments found in the Hebrew Bible at and . According to the Bible, the commandment was originally given to the ancient Israelites by Yahweh at biblical Mount Sinai after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, as described in the Book of Exodus.Moses, ''World Book Encyclopedia'' 1998, Chicago:World Book Inc., Prohibition of idolatry is the central tenet of the Abrahamic religions and the sin of worshipping another god other than the Lord is called idolatry. Historically, the punishment for idolatry was often death. The Bible describes how the ancient Israelites, despite being strictly warned not to do so, repeatedly engaged in idolatry and were therefore punished severely by the Lord. Many of the stories in the Bible from the time of Moses to the Babylonian captivity are predicated on the cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" ( he, לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, Lōʾ-t̲aʿăśeh lək̲ā p̲esel, wək̲ol-təmûnāh) is an abbreviated form of one of the Ten Commandments which, according to the Book of Deuteronomy, were spoken by God to the Israelites and then written on stone tablets by the Finger of God. It continues, "''..any graven image, or any likeness f any thingthat sin heaven above, or that sin the earth beneath, or that sin the water under earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.''" Although no single biblical passage contains a complete definition of idolatry, the subject is addressed in numerous passages, so that idolatry may be summarized as the strange worship of idols or images; the worship of polytheistic gods by use of idols or images; the worship of created things (trees, rocks, animals, astronomical bodies, or another human being); and the use of idols in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Commandment (novel)
''The First Commandment'' is a 2007 spy thriller novel written by Brad Thor. It was Thor's sixth book preceded by Takedown, and was followed by '' The Last Patriot''. It features his fictional character Scot Harvath. It was first published by Pocket Books in the United States in July 2007, in hardback and paperback. Plot This novel starts with five highly dangerous detainees pulled out from their cells in Guantanamo Bay detention camp, stripped off their jumpsuits and changed into civilian clothes. That includes a dangerous man named Phillipe Rousard. Six months later, Rousard attempted to murder Scot Harvath's girlfriend, Tracy, but left her severely incapacitated. and uses blood to paint his house door red. After the president's order to stay away from this case, Scot plans his own mission to kill Rousard. As time passes by, Rousard slowly harms the people closest to Scot using his own version of the Ten Plagues. Reception ''Kirkus Reviews'' called ''The First Commandment'' "In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
