The meaning behind the Ten Commandments

The First Commandment

The First Commandment

Exodus 20:2-3 I am your Lord God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me....

The First Commandment

Exodus 20:2-3 I am your Lord God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me....

The Second Commandment

The Second Commandment

Exodus 20:4-6  "You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the...

The Second Commandment

Exodus 20:4-6  "You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the...

The Third Commandment

The Third Commandment

Exodus 20:7  "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who takes His...

The Third Commandment

Exodus 20:7  "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who takes His...

The Fourth Commandment

The Fourth Commandment

Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD...

The Fourth Commandment

Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD...

The Fifth Commandment

The Fifth Commandment

Exodus 20:12  "Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God gives you. You have a special link with...

The Fifth Commandment

Exodus 20:12  "Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God gives you. You have a special link with...

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

Exodus 20:13  "You shall not commit murder" The first murder recorded in scripture was not technically Cain's murder of his brother, Able. In the garden the serpent's deliberate deception of...

The Sixth Commandment

Exodus 20:13  "You shall not commit murder" The first murder recorded in scripture was not technically Cain's murder of his brother, Able. In the garden the serpent's deliberate deception of...