Aseret ha-Dibrot

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Aseret ha-Dibrot is the Hebrew term for the Ten Commandments, the foundational set of divine laws in the Jewish and Christian traditions.

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Aseret ha-Devarim 1
Aseret ha-Dibrot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in Christianity
concept in Judaism
religious text passage
set of religious laws
appearsInBook Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
category Biblical law
centralTheme covenant between God and Israel
commandmentIncludes command to honor father and mother
command to observe the Sabbath
command to worship God alone
prohibition of adultery
prohibition of bearing false witness
prohibition of coveting
prohibition of idolatry
prohibition of misusing God’s name
prohibition of murder
prohibition of theft
describedAs foundational set of divine laws
ethicalFunction moral code
etymology Hebrew phrase meaning "Ten Utterances" or "Ten Statements"
givenAtLocation Mount Nebo
surface form: Mount Horeb

Mount Sinai
givenBy God
givenTo Israelites
hasAlternativeName Ten Words
hasHebrewName עשרת הדיברות
hasTranslation Ten Commandments
includesCategory duties toward God
duties toward other humans
influenced Christian ethics
Jewish law
Western legal traditions
language Hebrew
legalFunction basis for many religious laws
liturgicalUse recited in some Jewish liturgies
referenced in Christian catechesis
mediatedBy Moses
numberOfCommandments 10
numberOfTablets 2
partOf Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Torah
primaryDeuteronomyReference Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 5
primaryExodusReference Exodus 20:1–17
surface form: Exodus 20
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
writtenOn stone tablets

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Decalogue hasAlternativeName Aseret ha-Dibrot
Decalogue hasAlternativeName Aseret ha-Dibrot
this entity surface form: Aseret ha-Devarim