Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to Biblical tradition, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. They feature prominently in Judaism and Christianity.
See also
- Five Pillars of Islam
- List of artifacts significant to the Bible
- Nash Papyrus — Hebrew manuscript fragment from 150–100 BCE found in Egypt, containing a version of the Ten Commandments and the beginning of the Shema.
- Seven Laws of Noah
- Sin
- Ten Commandment Alternatives — Secular and humanist alternatives to the Ten Commandments
- The Paradoxical Commandments
- The Ten Commandments (1923 film)
- The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
- The Ten Plagues of Egypt
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