In Judaism the Torah has a total of 613 commandments which includes the ten from the Decalogue. Traditional Rabbinical Jewish belief is that these commandments apply solely to the Jewish people.

This 1768 parchment by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Decalogue at Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue.

ALEPH

BET

GIMMEL

DALET

HEY

VAV

ZAYIN

CHET

TET

YOD

The lists known as the Ten Commandments are given in passages in two books of the Bible: Exodus 20:2–17, Exodus 34:11–27 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21. These passages are provided in English below, using the New Revised Standard Version translation and formatting.

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:2–17

• 2 –  I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
• 3 –  Do not have any other gods before me.
• 4 – You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
• 5  – You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,
• 6  – but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
• 7  – You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
• 8 –  Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
• 9 –  For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
• 10 –  But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.
• 11 –  For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
• 12 –  Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• 13 - You shall not murder.
• 14 –  You shall not commit adultery.
• 15 –  You shall not steal.
• 16 –  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• 17 – You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:6–21

• 6  - I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
• 7 - you shall have no other gods before me.
• 8 –  You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
• 9  - You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me,
• 10  - but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
• 11  - You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
• 12 –  Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
• 13 – For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
• 14 –  But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you.
• 15 – Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
• 16 – Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• 17  – You shall not murder.
• 18 –  Neither shall you commit adultery.
• 19 –  Neither shall you steal.
• 20 –  Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.
• 21 –  Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Exodus 34:11–27

• 11 – Observe what I command you today. See, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• 12 –  Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a snare among you.
• 13 –  You shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles
• 14 –  (for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God).
• 15 – You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice.
• 16 –  And you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods.
• 17  – You shall not make cast idols.
• 18 –  You shall keep the festival of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.
• 19 –  All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
• 20 –  The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.
• No one shall appear before me empty-handed.
• 21 –  For six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in ploughing time and in harvest time you shall rest.
• 22 – You shall observe the festival of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year.
• 23 –  Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
• 24 –  For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
• 25 –  You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, and the sacrifice of the festival of the passover shall not be left until the morning.
• 26 –  The best of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God.
• You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
• 27 – The Lord said to Moses: Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.

Hebrew into English Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)

• 1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
• 2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
• 3 “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.
• 4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
• 5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
• 6 “You shall not murder.
• 7 “You shall not commit adultery.
• 8 “You shall not steal.
• 9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• 10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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This is a list of the books of Written Torah, in the order in which they appear in Hebrew translations. The Hebrew names of the first five books are derived from the first few words of the book.

Torah (The Law):
Bereishith (In the beginning…) – Genesis
Shemoth (The names…) – Exodus
Vayiqra (And He called…) – Leviticus
Bamidbar (In the wilderness…) – Numbers
Devarim (The words…) – Deuteronomy

The Hebrew Ten Commandments Details

Exodus 20:2-17

• 2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before me.
• 4 You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
• 5 You shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
• 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments.
• 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
• 9 Six days shall you labour, and do all your work:
• 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates:
• 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
• 12 Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God giveth you.
• 13 You shall not kill.
• 14 You shall not commit adultery.
• 15 You shall not steal.
• 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
• 17 You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour’s.

Deuteronomy 5:6-21

• 6 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• 7 You shall have none other gods before me.
• 8 You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
• 9 You shall not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
• 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments.
• 11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
• 13 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work:
• 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you.
• 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
• 16 Honour your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God giveth you.
• 17 You shall not kill.
• 18 Neither shall you commit adultery
• 19 Neither shall you steal.
• 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour.
• 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour.
• 21 Neither shall you desire your neighbour’s wife, neither shall you covet your neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is your neighbour’s

For Judaism, the Ten Commandments are a special set of spiritual laws that the LORD Himself wrote on two stone tablets (luchot) that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai.

In the Scriptures these laws are called the “aseret hadevarim,” the “ten words” or “ten utterances”. In rabbinical writings, they are usually referred to as “Aseret haDiberot,”

In Christian theological writings they are called the Decalogue which is derived from the Greek name “dekalogos” (ten statements) found in the Septuagint (Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 10:4), which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name.

In Judaism the Torah has a total of 613 commandments which includes the ten from the Decalogue. Traditional Rabbinical Jewish belief is that these commandments apply solely to the Jewish people.

Numbered Hebrew Ten Commandments/Alphabet 

• Aleph – I am the Lord your G-d who has taken you out of the land of Egypt.
• Bet – You shall have no other gods but me.
• Gimmel – You shall not take the name of the Lord your G-d in vain.
• Dalet – You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy.
• Hey –  Honor your mother and father.
• Vav – You shall not murder.
• Zayin - You shall not commit adultery.
• Chet – You shall not steal.
• Tet - You shall not bear false witness.
• Yod - You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.