Ten (10) Commandments
Aseret haDibrot
Decalogue
An exegesis by Dr McDonald MRav.

The Ten Commandments are a special set of spiritual imperatives (laws) that the LORD
Himself wrote on two stone tablets (luchot) that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai
(Ex. 31:18). In the Scriptures these laws are called the aseret hadevarim, the \u201cten
words\u201d or \u201cten utterances\u201d (see Ex. 34:28, Deut. 4:13 and Deut. 10:4). In rabbinical
writings, they are usually referred to as Aseret haDiberot, and in Christian theological
writings they are called the Decalogue (from the Greek words deca [10] and logoi
[words]).

who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery.(3) "You are to have no other gods before me.

God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
where you lived as slaves.(7) "'You are to
have no other gods before me.

Yeshua told him, "For the Tanakh says,
`Worship ADONAI your God, and serve only
him.'"

yourselves a carved image or any kind of
representation of anything in heaven above, on
the earth beneath or in the water below the
shoreline.(5) You are not to bow down to
them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God,
am a jealous God, punishing the children for
the sins of the parents to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me,(6) but
displaying grace to the thousandth generation
of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.

masters, for he will either hate the first and
love the second, or scorn the second and be
loyal to the first. You can't be a slave to both
God and money."

not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or
any kind of impurity, or greed; these are
utterly inappropriate for God's holy people.

for yourselves a carved image or any kind of
representation of anything in heaven above, on
the earth beneath or in the water below the
shoreline -(9) you are not to bow down to
them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God,
am a jealous God, punishing the children for
the sins of the parents, also the third and
fourth generation of those who hate me,(10)
but displaying grace to the thousandth
generation of those who love me and obey my
mitzvot.

talk or coarse language; instead, you should be
giving thanks.(5) For of this you can be sure:
every sexually immoral, impure or greedy
person - that is, every idol-worshipper - has no
share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of
God.(6) Let no one deceive you with empty
talk; for it is because of these things that
God's judgment is coming on those who disobey
him.(7) So don't become partners with them!

the name of ADONAI your God, because
ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone
who uses his name lightly.

the name of ADONAI your God, because
ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone
who misuses his name.

that our fathers were told, `Do not break your
oath,' and `Keep your vows to ADONAI.'(34)
But I tell you not to swear at all -- not `by
heaven,' because it is God's throne;(35) not
`by the earth,' because it is his footstool;p
and not `by Yerushalayim,' because it is the
city of the Great King.(36) And don't swear
by your head, because you can't make a single
hair white or black.

not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or
any kind of impurity, or greed; these are
utterly inappropriate for God's holy people.

talk or coarse language; instead, you should be
giving thanks.(5) For of this you can be sure:
every sexually immoral, impure or greedy
person - that is, every idol-worshipper - has no
share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of
God.(6) Let no one deceive you with empty
talk; for it is because of these things that
God's judgment is coming on those who disobey
him.(7) So don't become partners with them!

the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI
your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of
work not you, your son or your daughter, not
your male or female slave, not your livestock,
and not the foreigner staying with you inside
the gates to your property.(11) For in six
days, ADONAI made heaven and earth, the sea
and everything in them; but on the seventh day
he rested. This is why ADONAI blessed the
day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself.

day of Shabbat, to set it apart as holy, as
ADONAI your God ordered you to do.(13)
You have six days to labor and do all your work,

ADONAI your God. On it you are not to do any
kind of work - not you, your son or your
daughter, not your male or female slave, not
your ox, your donkey or any of your other
livestock, and not the foreigner staying with
you inside the gates to your property - so that
your male and female servants can rest just as
you do.(15) You are to remember that you
were a slave in the land of Egypt, and ADONAI
your God brought you out from there with a
strong hand and an outstretched arm.
Therefore ADONAI your God has ordered you
to keep the day of Shabbat.

grain.(24) The P'rushim said to him, "Look!
Why are they violating Shabbat?"(25) He
said to them, "Haven't you ever read what
David did when he and those with him were
hungry and needed food?(26) He entered the
House of God when Evyatar was cohen gadol
and ate the Bread of the Presence," -- which is
forbidden for anyone to eat but the cohanim --
"and even gave some to his companions."(27)
Then he said to them, "Shabbat was made for
mankind, not mankind for Shabbat;(28) So
the Son of Man is Lord even of Shabbat."(3:1)
Yeshua went again into a synagogue, and a man
with a shriveled hand was there.(2) Looking
for a reason to accuse him of something,
people watched him carefully to see if he would
heal him on Shabbat.(3) He said to the man
with the shriveled hand, "Come up where we
can see you!"(4) Then to them he said, "What
is permitted on Shabbat? Doing good or doing
evil? Saving life or killing?" But they said
nothing.(5) Then, looking them over and
feeling both anger with them and sympathy for
them at the stoniness of their hearts, he said
to the man, "Hold out your hand." As he held it
out, it became restored.(6) The P'rushim
went out and immediately began plotting with
some members of Herod's party how to do
away with him.