What are the Ten Words?

[Questor]

I know I have asked this question before, but I didn't get an answer because I didn't describe it properly.

On the front of the Temple in Los Angeles, there are replicas of the commandment covered slabs of stone that Moshe brought back from the mountain. On them, are the Ten Words(Aseret ha-Dibrot).

What are the Hebrew words as listed, and why are they representative of the Ten Commandments, or all of ?

[jimmie]

/Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture//Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html

You may find the above helpful.

Jimmie

[Questor]

Sept 3, 2014 13:48:20 GMT -8 jimmie said:

/Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture//Ten_Cmds/ten_cmds.html

You may find the above helpful.

Jimmie

Thank you for the link, Jimmie. That site unfortunately only lists the first commandments by the Hebrew characters for the numbers 1-10, but it was an interesting read none the less.

[alon]

שמות פרק כ
Exodus Chapter 20

א. וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֵת כָּל-הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לֵאמֹר:
1. And God spoke all these words, saying,
ב. אָנֹכִי יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים:
2. I am the Lord your God, who have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of slavery.
ג. לֹא-יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים עַל-פָּנָי:
3. You shall have no other gods before me.
ד. לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם
מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ:
4. You shall not make for you any engraved image, or any likeness of any thing that is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
ה. לֹא-תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם כִּי אָנֹכִי יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵל קַנָּא פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן אָבֹת עַל-
בָּנִים עַל-שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל-רִבֵּעִים לְשׂנְאָי:
5. You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord your God
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me;
ו. וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד לַאֲלָפִים לְאֹהֲבַי וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְוֹתָי:
6. And showing mercy to thousands of those who love me, and keep my
commandments.
ז. לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שֵׁם-יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה יְהוָה אֵת אֲשֶׁר-יִשָּׂא אֶת-שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא:
7. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not
hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
ח. זָכוֹר אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ:
8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
ט. שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד וְעָשִׂיתָ כָּל-מְלַאכְתֶּךָ:
9. Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
י. וְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת לַיהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה כָל-מְלָאכָה אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ עַבְדְּךָ
וַאֲמָתְךָ וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָ וְגֵרְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ:
10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any
work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant,
nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates;
יא. כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת-יָמִים עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֶת-הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ אֶת-הַיָּם וְאֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר-בָּם וַיָּנַח
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי עַל-כֵּן בֵּרַךְ יְהוָֹה אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ:
11. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and
rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and made it holy.
יב. כַּבֵּד אֶת-אָבִיךָ וְאֶת-אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ:
12. Honor your father and your mother; that your days may be long upon the land
which the Lord your God gives you.
יג. לֹא תִרְצַח לֹא תִנְאָף לֹא תִגְנֹב לֹא-תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ עֵד שָׁקֶר:
13. You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall
not bear false witness against your neighbor.
יד. לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹא-תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר
לְרֵעֶךָ:
14. You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing
that is your neighbor's.
טו. וְכָל-הָעָם רֹאִים אֶת-הַקּוֹלֹת וְאֶת-הַלַּפִּידִם וְאֵת קוֹל הַשֹּׁפָר וְאֶת-הָהָר עָשֵׁן וַיַּרְא
הָעָם וַיָּנֻעוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ מֵרָחֹק:
15. And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the sound of the
shofar, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they were shaken,
and stood far away.
טז. וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל-משֶׁה דַּבֶּר-אַתָּה עִמָּנוּ וְנִשְׁמָעָה וְאַל-יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ אֱלֹהִים פֶּן-נָמוּת:
16. And they said to Moses, Speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak
with us, lest we die.
יז. וַיֹּאמֶר משֶׁה אֶל-הָעָם אַל-תִּירָאוּ כִּי לְבַעֲבוּר נַסּוֹת אֶתְכֶם בָּא הָאֱלֹהִים וּבַעֲבוּר
תִּהְיֶה יִרְאָתוֹ עַל-פְּנֵיכֶם לְבִלְתִּי תֶחֱטָאוּ:
17. And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God has come to test you, and that
his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.
יח. וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם מֵרָחֹק וּמשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל-הָעֲרָפֶל אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים:
18. And the people stood far away, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where
God was.
יט. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָֹה אֶל-משֶׁה כֹּה תֹאמַר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם כִּי מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם דִּבַּרְתִּי
עִמָּכֶם:
19. And the Lord said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the people of Israel, You have
seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
כ. לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן אִתִּי אֱלֹהֵי כֶסֶף וֵאלֹהֵי זָהָב לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם:
20. You shall not make with me gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods
of gold.
כא. מִזְבַּח אֲדָמָה תַּעֲשֶׂה-לִּי וְזָבַחְתָּ עָלָיו אֶת-עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְאֶת-שְׁלָמֶיךָ אֶת-צֹאנְךָ וְאֶת-בְּקָרֶךָ
בְּכָל-הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת-שְׁמִי אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וּבֵרַכְתִּיךָ:
21. An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt
offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen; in all places where I
cause my name to be pronounced I will come to you, and I will bless you.
כב. וְאִם-מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים תַּעֲשֶׂה-לִּי לֹא-תִבְנֶה אֶתְהֶן גָּזִית כִּי חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ וַתְּחַלְלֶהָ:
22. And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of a cut stone; for
if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it.
כג. וְלֹא-תַעֲלֶה בְמַעֲלֹת עַל-מִזְבְּחִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תִגָּלֶה עֶרְוָתְךָ עָלָיו:
23. Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed
there.

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[alon]

The above is what God wrote. I have no idea what LA or CA wrote on anything. As for the Temple, that resides only in Yerushalay'im, when it gets rebuilt, so you must be talking about some other "Temple". Probably a Christian church which they had the bad graces to call a temple.

And you do know that what God called the Ten Words was something else, right?

Dan C

P.S. and no, I am in no way connected with El Shaddai ministries other than I buy from them occasionally. It is Mark Biltz church, and they are HR, not MJ. But he does have some interesting books and CD's. Just use discernment, because he does get off on some weird stuff (like this "Blood Moon" nonsense).

Edit: and I know, I just had to throw in something contrary to public opinion about the Ten Commandments. But PO is like PC; it stinks , and is most often wrong

Edit the edit: Look at Ex 34:10-21 for what Moshe actually brought down from the mountain!

[Questor]

Sept 3, 2014 19:29:08 GMT -8 alon said:

The above is what God wrote. I have no idea what LA or CA wrote on anything. As for the Temple, that resides only in Yerushalay'im, when it gets rebuilt, so you must be talking about some other "Temple". Probably a Christian church which they had the bad graces to call a temple.

And you do know that what God called the Ten Words was something else, right?

Dan C

P.S. and no, I am in no way connected with El Shaddai ministries other than I buy from them occasionally. It is Mark Biltz church, and they are HR, not MJ. But he does have some interesting books and CD's. Just use discernment, because he does get off on some weird stuff (like this "Blood Moon" nonsense).

Edit: and I know, I just had to throw in something contrary to public opinion about the Ten Commandments. But PO is like PC; it stinks , and is most often wrong

Edit the edit: Look at Ex 34:10-21 for what Moshe actually brought down from the mountain!

I do not call it a temple...I have heard Jews refer to going to the Main LA synagogue as "Going to Temple"...or people I thought were Jewish...I didn't ask.

Apparently, above their main door, they have two huge representations of the tablets that Moshe brought down from the mountain, each with a five Hebrew words on them...apparently, their statement about the Commandments.

Since I have even seen them above representations of a Synagogue/Jewish Assembly Hall in Los Angeles...I assumed this was a common representation among the Jews, or at least understandable.

My mistake. Sorry.

[alon]

Nope, sorry then. No idea.

Weird Jews calling a synagogue the Temple. But then I'm no expert on Judaism, and my resident expert is angry with me right now so I can't ask her. Different sects have different customs anyhow.

Hope you find your answer.

Dan C