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292. What is the text of the Ten Commandments?

The First Commandment: “I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before Me.”
The Second Commandment: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”
The Third Commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
The Fourth Commandment: “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”
The Fifth Commandment: “You shall not murder.”
The Sixth Commandment: “You shall not commit adultery.”
The Seventh Commandment: “You shall not steal.”
The Eighth Commandment: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.”
The Ninth Commandment: “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house.” The Tenth Commandment: “You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.”

The designation “Ten Commandments” or “Decalogue” is derived from the biblical formulation “ten words” (deka logoi) in Exodus 34: 28 and Deuteronomy 10: 4. The Bible firmly establishes the count of the commandments at ten, but does not number them. This has led to differing ways of counting them. The counting method in use in the New Apostolic Church dates back to a tradition from the fourth century AD.