The text of what Christians call the Ten Commandments comes from two places in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament as some ...

The 10 Commandments in Deuteronomy 5 Moses recounted the 10 Commandments after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. There are only a few differences in the language from Exodus 20. These minor ...

First, the language isn't translated from the Hebrew Torah. Second, it uses the word “God” instead of “G-d” , a spelling many Jews believe to be more respectful.

This passage is not found in Christian versions, perhaps because it is not phrased as a command. The Hebrew scripture speaks of 10 devarim, meaning words or statements, rather than commandments.

This passage is not found in Christian versions, perhaps because it is not phrased as a command. The Hebrew scripture speaks of 10 devarim, meaning words or statements, rather than commandments.

At 14, he lived in Israel for a year during his father’s sabbatical at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attending classes in Hebrew and becoming conversational in the language.

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. (OSV News photo/Jason Reed ...

Last year, Louisiana became the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools. Its law is being challenged and is expected to be ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court ...

State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, introduced an amendment to remove the language, “manservant” and “maidservant” from the text, which failed.

The Ten Commandments are recorded in the book of Exodus, the second book in the Pentateuch of the Old Testament of the Bible, and in the second book of the Jewish Torah. It recounts the life of ...

A Missouri Senate committee approved legislation to place the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms, but not before rewriting the Scriptures to conform with conservative political ideology, ...