'The Ten Words'), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, dekálogos, lit. 'ten words'), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant …

In the Biblical book of Exodus, the original Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, was handed to Moses by God atop Mount Sinai. In Jewish and Christian tradition, the Ten Commandments …

Mar 14, 2025 · The Ten Commandments (also known as the Decalogue) are ten laws in the Bible that God gave to the nation of Israel shortly after the exodus from Egypt. The Ten …

Mar 15, 2025 · In several books of the New Testament, Jesus, Paul, or other apostles quote some of the Jewish commandments, both from the Decalogue and from other parts of the Torah, …

Dec 29, 2025 · The Ten Commandments are a list of religious precepts that, according to passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses by Yahweh and …

Jul 25, 2023 · Although it sounds academic and somewhat formal, it would be more precise to speak of Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21 as “the Exodus Decalogue” and “the …

The term "Decalogue" refers to the Ten Commandments, a foundational set of divine laws given by God to the people of Israel through Moses. These commandments are recorded in the Old …

DECALOGUE The Ten Commandments, given to Moses by God at Mount Sinai (Exodus 20). They were inscribed on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13).

The Decalogue contains much more than simply commandments. There are three different traditions of numbering the ten “words” (Jewish; Eastern Orthodox and Reformed; Roman …

Decalogue (ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ) n (Bible) another name for the Ten Commandments [C14: from Church Latin decalogus, from Greek, from deka ten + logos word]