Commandments(precepts, ten commandments)
Summary
Divine instructions given by God, particularly the Ten Commandments delivered at Sinai, which summarize moral duty toward God and neighbor.
☩The Decalogue
The Ten Commandments were delivered at Mount Sinai, written on tablets of stone by God's finger. They cover duty to God (no other gods, no idols, not taking God's name in vain, keeping the Sabbath) and duty to neighbor (honoring parents, not murdering, committing adultery, stealing, bearing false witness, or coveting).
☩Teaching the Commandments
God commanded that His laws be taught diligently to children, discussed at home and abroad, and bound as symbols on hands and foreheads. Moses urged Israel to lay them up in their hearts and teach them to their children.
☩Jesus and the Commandments
Jesus summarized the commandments as loving God with all one's heart and loving neighbor as oneself. He taught that He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, and that those who love Him will keep His commandments.
