1.) Exod 20:2 (NIV) "I am [Yahweh] your [Mighty One],
who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 "You shall have no other
[mighty ones] before me.
2.) Exod 20:4 (NIV) "You shall not make for yourself
an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the waters
below.
5 You shall not bow down
to them or worship them; for I, [Yahweh] your [MightyOne], am a jealous
[Mighty One],
punishing the children for
the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who
hate me,
6 but showing love to a
thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
3.) Exod 20:7 (NIV) "You shall not misuse the name
of [Yahweh] your [Mighty One], for [Yahweh] will not hold anyone
guiltless who misuses his
name.
4.) Exod 20:8 (NIV) "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping
it [set apart].
9 Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is
a Sabbath to [Yahweh] your [Mighty One]. On it youshall not do any work,
neither you, nor
your son or daughter, nor
your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within
your gates.
11 For in six days [Yahweh]
made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he
rested on the seventh
day. Therefore [Yahweh]
blessed (looked with favor upon) the Sabbath day and made it [set apart].
5.) Exod 20:12 (NIV) "Honor your father and your mother,
so that you may live long in the land [Yahweh] your [Mighty
One] is giving you.
6.) Exod 20:13 (NIV) "You shall not murder.
7.) Exod 20:14 (NIV) "You shall not commit adultery.
8.) Exod 20:15 (NIV) "You shall not steal.
9.) Exod 20:16 (NIV) "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10.) Exod 20:17 (NIV) "You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his
manservant or maidservant,
his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Though these words were spoken to the Hebrew people (see Exod 20:2 and Exod 20:12), most non-Hebrew Bible believers agree that these words are commandments for us today; and I agree. What then about other commandments spoken to the Hebrew people?