ARTICLES OF

FAITH
The Ten Commandments
 1. You shall have no other Gods before me
2. You shall not make for yourselves an idol
3. You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God
4.Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
5.Honor your father and your mother
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9.You shall not give false testimony
10. You shall not covet
• Inscribed on two stone tablets, these Commandments
present God’s complete and enduring standard for morality.
Include instructions to venerate only one God, honor one’s
parents, and observe the Sabbath as a holy day. Some
proscribed acts that are pointed out in the commandments
include idolatry, infidelity, murder, theft, and deceit. More
than three thousand years, the Ten Commandments have
been embrace by almost two thirds of the entire world
population.
• There are also 613 mitzvot or laws found within the Torah (as
identified by Rambam) that guide the Jewish people in their
daily living. Traditionally, there are 248 positive and 365
negative Commandments within the Torah (Parrinder 1971).