Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to gain the proper understanding of the Ten Commandments as in “The Book of Exodus.” Hence in order to get more specific I have given an illustration of the understanding of the Catholic Christian of the Ten Commandments.
Introduction
The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives, which, according to the Bible, was spoken by the god YHWH to Moses on Mount Sinai and engraved on two stone tablets. They feature prominently in Judaism and Christianity. In Biblical Hebrew they are termed Aseret ha-Dvarim and in Rabbinical Hebrew Aseret ha-Dibrot both translatable as "The Ten Utterances". The name Decalogue is derived from the Greek name known as "Ten Words" found in the Septuagint, which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name.
The terms Ten Commandments and Decalogue derive from three sources: a reference in Book of Exodus, which refers to what is now generally called the Ritual Decalogue, and two references in the Book of Deuteronomy, 4:13 and 10:4, which are generally thought to refer to the imperatives listed in Deuteronomy 5:6-21 and a similar list found in Exodus 20:2-17 which is often called the Ethical Decalogue.
Exodus
Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and Christian Old Testament. In a non-literary sense, the Exodus was the departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. As a result of this meaning the term an exodus has come to mean a departure of a great number of people. The Book of Exodus recounts the experience of the Hebrew people in the course of their departure (exodus) from Egypt for the promised land of Canaan. Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount.......
