Ten Commandments

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biblical text decalogue religious moral code

The Ten Commandments are a foundational set of biblical moral principles that outline core duties toward God and other people in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Decalogue	1
Exodus 20	1
Tablets of the Ten Commandments	1
Ten Commandments (reiteration)	1
Ten Commandments exposition	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical text ⓘ decalogue ⓘ religious moral code ⓘ
alternativeName	Ten Commandments ⓘ surface form: Decalogue
commands	honoring father and mother ⓘ remembering the Sabbath day ⓘ
containedInBook	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ
describedAs	foundational set of biblical moral principles ⓘ
ethicalCategory	divine command ethics ⓘ
ethicalRole	summary of Judeo-Christian moral duties ⓘ
firstFullVersionReference	Ten Commandments self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Exodus 20
givenAtLocation	Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Mount Horeb Mount Sinai ⓘ
givenTo	Moses ⓘ
giver	God in the biblical narrative ⓘ
influenced	Christian moral theology ⓘ Jewish halakhic tradition ⓘ Western legal traditions ⓘ
liturgicalUse	recited in Jewish worship ⓘ used in Christian catechesis ⓘ
mediumOfOriginalReception	stone tablets ⓘ
moralScope	duties toward God ⓘ duties toward other people ⓘ
numberOfCommandments	10 ⓘ
originTradition	Sinai covenant narrative ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
prohibits	adultery ⓘ coveting ⓘ false testimony ⓘ having other gods ⓘ making idols ⓘ misusing the name of God ⓘ murder ⓘ stealing ⓘ
religiousFunction	covenant stipulations between God and Israel ⓘ summary of the Law ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalSource	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
secondFullVersionReference	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy 5
tableDivision	two tablets of stone ⓘ
tabletContentDivision	first tablet focuses on relationship with God ⓘ second tablet focuses on relationship with other people ⓘ
veneratedInDenomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Protestant churches ⓘ Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ten Commandments → alternativeName → Ten Commandments ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decalogue

Jebel Musa → associatedWith → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Weeks → associatedWith → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Shabbat → commandedIn → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Book of Deuteronomy → contains → Ten Commandments ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ten Commandments (reiteration)

Catechism of the Catholic Church → contains → Ten Commandments ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ten Commandments exposition

Ancient Israel → coreLawCode → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Christian ethics → emphasizesTeaching → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Ten Commandments → firstFullVersionReference → Ten Commandments self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exodus 20

Decalogue → hasAlternativeName → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Judaism → hasEthicalCode → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Christianity → hasMoralLaw → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → monumentSubject → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → moralTeachingBasedOn → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Moses’ farewell speeches → reiterates → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Jewish feast of Shavuot → relatedConcept → Ten Commandments ⓘ

subject surface form: Shavuot

the Mountain of God → relatedConcept → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Revelation at Mount Sinai → resultedIn → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Jewish feast of Shavuot → symbol → Ten Commandments ⓘ

subject surface form: Shavuot

this entity surface form: Tablets of the Ten Commandments

Christian catechism → teachesAbout → Ten Commandments ⓘ

Roman Catechism → theologicalFocus → Ten Commandments ⓘ