January 2011
1 post
The 10 Words
Kevin Beck
The commandments originally appear in Exodus 20. They are introduced like this, “And God spoke all these words.” Neither here nor elsewhere in Scripture are they referred to as the Ten Commandments. This is why the Decalogue is often referred to as the Ten Words, Sayings, Declarations, or Things.
Seeing them in this light transforms them from being arbitrary dictates that...