Ten Commandments
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Known locally as Jabal Musa, Mount Sinai is where Moses is said to have been given the Ten Commandments.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
Scholars still argue over the meaning of the Ten Commandments, which are ostensibly the word of God himself.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
The measure enshrines the text of the Ten Commandments found in the Protestant King James Version of the Bible.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Upon discovering this betrayal, Moses became so angry that he smashed the original tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023
I have memorized the names of all the books of the Bible, in order, and the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer, and most of the Beatitudes.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
