The Ten Commandments!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Ten Commandments!!!




Today we look to the word COMMANDMENT-- H4687 mitsvah --commandment (of man), the commandment (of God) commandment (of code of wisdom), (which was) commanded, law, ordinance, precept.







The Torah testifies...............



Deuteronomy 27:10



Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments H4687 and his statutes, which I command thee this day.









The prophets proclaim..................



Ezra 9:10



And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, H4687







The writings bear witness...........................



1 Kings 8:61



Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments H4687, as at this day.






Many have heard of the Ten Commandments. Many today are asking what they are, and how are they to be obeyed.



Some today have heard that obedience to the Ten Commandments is necessary for salvation. Others have heard that salvation is dependent only upon one’s faith in Yahushua [Jesus], for the forgiveness of sins. Still others have been told that those who have been Born-Again, by believing in Yahushua, need not obey the Ten Commandments. But what do the Scriptures tell us?



In this short writing we will look at what the Ten Commandments say, and then see what the Scriptures themselves have to say about the Ten Commandments. We will look carefully at a few of the least understood Scripture passages themselves, to see what they actually say. Only when we read the Scripture passages for ourselves, are we better able to make our own decisions as to what the Ten Commandments are, and how we should respond to them.

We will take special note of who it was that spoke these commandments. We will also see to whom they were given, and how the Ten Commandments fit in with all of Scripture. We will then see what the Scriptures tell us about those who do obey the commandments, and what they say about those who do not.
What are the Ten Commandments?


After The Most High Yah brought the Israelites out from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 20:2), He led them into the wilderness of Arabia. It was there that The Most High Yah gave them His Marriage Covenant, summarised in the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments (Galatians 4:25; Exodus 34:27-28; Deuteronomy 4:13).



We must first understand, that it was the person of Messiah who appeared to Abraham as the Word of The Most High Yah (Genesis 15:1,4), and as the apostle Paul tells us in (1Corinthians 10:1-4), it was Messiah who accompanied the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness. This bit of information is a key piece of the puzzle, that enables us to understand and to learn Father’s Ways, as we shall see below.



It was also on Mount Sinai that The Most High Yah spoke to Moses by the Word of The Most High Yah, who is Messiah (Num 3:16,51; 15:31; 36:5). It was Messiah who spoke the Ten Commandments, also called the Ten Words. Likewise it was Messiah who wrote these Words on tables of stone with His own finger — ‘the finger of God’ (Exodus 31:18; Luke 11:20), and gave the tables to Moses, to give to the people. The entire account can be seen in the Bible, in Exodus chapter 20.



After receiving the tablets of the Ten Commandments, Moses descended from the mountain. When he reached the base of the mountain, Moses saw the Israelites celebrating in an unrestrained manner, and worshipping a golden calf they had made. Moses threw down the stone tablets and broke them, giving us a prophetic picture of God’s people who would break The Most High Yah’s Everlasting Covenant, in preparation for the coming of Messiah who would permanently restore The Most High Yah’s Everlasting Covenant.



Moses then returned to the top of the mountain, to commune with The Most High Yah. Through a series of events, Moses then descended with a second set of stone tablets, whose wording was identical to the first set. This second set of tablets gives us another prophetic picture of the Second or ‘New’ Covenant that would be written internally, on the heart, and whose wording would be identical to that of the First or ‘Old’ covenant, seen prophetically in the first set of broken tablets, and mentioned in (Hebrews 8:7, 9:1).



It was later in the wilderness wanderings that the Word of The Most High Yah gave to Moses further details of the commandments, which were written in the Book of the Law [‘Torah’], the collection of Father’s instructions for His people. The tablets of the Ten Commandments were placed into the ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:21; 1Kings 8:9), which is prophetic of placing the words of the Law [Torah] into the hearts of His Disciples within whom Messiah would dwell (Prov 7:2-3; Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; 2Corinthians 3:3; Colossians 1:27).



The Book of the Law was also placed in the side of the ark, as a witness (Deuteronomy 31:26), which is another prophetic picture for us, showing us how we become aware of exactly what sin is (Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7). It is only by having the Law of God written internally in our heart that we begin to know [perceive or become aware of] sin, which is unrighteousness (Psalms 37:31; Isaiah 51:7; Romans 3:20, 7:7; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; 1John 5:17).



The tables of the Ten Commandments form the basis of all civil life and relationships for all of The Most High Yah’s people. They are the basics of how The Most High Yah’s people are to relate to Him, and to each other. The Ten Commandments are the basic and essential part of The Most High Yah’s instructions for His people, and they are the foundation of Father’s ‘Rules of the House’ by which His children are expected to live.

The Ten Commandments

The Scripture passages containing the Ten Commandments are listed in the table below, as seen in Exodus 20:2-17. These are shown first as Biblical Hebrew, then as the KJV listing, and finally the World English Bible.



The Scripture verses for each commandment, along with references and author’s comments [in brackets], are shown above for the Reader’s benefit. This information is shown because many religious groups divide up the Ten Commandments in various ways, as a means of hiding some of the words. Some religious groups completely remove certain words altogether, and the Reader is thus robbed of knowing the Truth!


What is important is not how these Commandments are divided up, but that all the words of the Commandments be shown in entirety, so that the Reader may benefit from ‘every word’ that proceeds from the mouth of The Most High Yah (Matt 4:4; Luke 4:4).
The New Covenant Importance of the Commandments

Why are the Commandments important?


It is important to understand that we can not be saved by being obedient to the Commandments. The first step to our salvation is to first understand that we have been disobedient to the Commandments, and as a result, we are called sinners. Thus in order to be saved, we must have a Saviour to save us from our sins. In order to be saved, we must first realise that we are all sinners, and that we all need a Saviour to save us [rescue us] from our sins.


One might then ask, “What is sin?” The Scriptures tell us sin is transgression of the law (1John 3:4), which means disobedience of The Most High Yah’s commandments. If we have disobeyed any commandment of the Scriptures that would apply to us, we are sinners by the Biblical definition. It is only by our understanding of the Commandments that we know what sin is; and it is only by the conviction of the Holy Spirit that we know that we ourselves are personally guilty of sin. And so it is by understanding the commandment, and by knowing I have disobeyed the commandment, that I am convicted by the Holy Spirit, and know that I need a Saviour, to save me from my sins.


After we become Born-Again, why are the Commandments important?


As new Believers, we are exhorted to give our hearts to Yahushua, and to let our eyes observe [delight in keeping, and walking in] His Ways (Proverbs 23:26). Father’s ways are seen throughout the Torah, and are taught in the places of assembly each Sabbath, just as the Jerusalem council tells us in Acts 15:19-21.


As we learn Father’s Ways in the ‘Old’ Testament writings, we begin to see that His Ways are ways of Righteousness, and ways that are holy [‘set-apart as special’]. These are ways wherein we allow Him to lead us away from the ways of sin, iniquity, and defilement, and toward a Biblical lifestyle of Righteousness, and of being set-apart unto Him.


Yahushua [Jesus] exhorts all those who have been saved from their sins, to stop sinning (John 5:14; 8:11; 1Cor 15:34; Eph 4:26; 1John 2:1; 3:4, 8, 9). Even for those who have been saved and forgiven of their sins, continued sin thereafter blocks the intimate relationship that Yahushua desires of each of His children. If we sin, we can confess our sins to The Most High Yah as soon as we become aware of them (1John 1:8-9), and He then forgives us of our sins, and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.


But how are we to know what things are considered sin?


The apostle Paul tells us that by the Torah comes the knowledge of sin [the awareness of what is considered sin, so that we might avoid it] (Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7). The value of the commandments found throughout the Torah, is that they define for us what The Most High Yah considers sin, unrighteousness, iniquity, and wickedness. The commandments tell us in plain and simple terms, what we are to do, and what we should avoid doing, if we want to stop committing sins!


As we grow in our walk with Yahushua, we learn to run to Him daily, or as often as necessary, to confess our sins, so that He may wash us, and cleanse us from all sin [unrighteousness] (1John 1:7-9; 1John 5:17). And as we continue to study the Scriptures, we become more and more aware of what to avoid. We also become more aware of the Great mercy He has shown to us by giving us His forgiveness, and the Great Grace He has given to us to enable us to do what is right.

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