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I've also heard of the Assumption of Mary, but I didn't realize that was the belief she was taken body and soul into heaven. I guess the pope just decided this in the 1950s.

They also believed she never sinned, ever. Impossible. Only God is this infallible.

I've also heard of the Assumption of Mary, but I didn't realize that was the belief she was taken body and soul into heaven. I guess the pope just decided this in the 1950s. They also believed she never sinned, ever. Impossible. Only God is this infallible.

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And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exodus 34:28 KJV

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. Deuteronomy 4:13 KJV

And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. Deuteronomy 10:4 KJV

1 You shall have no other gods before Yahweh (the name of Israel’s God, rendered “Lord”) 2 You shall not make carved images 3 You shall not take YHWH’s name in vain 4 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy 5 Honor your father and mother
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

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22 KJV

  1. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5

1/ Thou Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me 2/ Thou Shall Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven 3/ Thou Shall Not Take The Name YHVH In Vain 4/ Remember The Sabbath Day To Keep Ie Set Apart

  1. Thou Shall Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself. Leviticus 19:18

5/ Honour Thy Father And Mother 6/ Thou Shall No Murder 7/ Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery 8/ Thou Shall Not Steal 9/ Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness 10/ Thou Shall Not Covet

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It was a trick question. There’s actually 9. It blew my mind when I first heard it and had to double check

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Explain this like I'm retarded b/c I am.

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For sure! It blew my mind as well: There are technically 9 distinct commandments in Exodus 20, but the numbering varies depending on tradition because one of them is broken into two.

The confusion comes from the commandments about coveting. In the Catholic and Lutheran tradition, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” is treated as one commandment, and “You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods” is treated as a separate one. That’s how they get 10.

Meanwhile, in most Protestant traditions, the first two commandments are split: 1. “You shall have no other gods before me” 2. “You shall not make for yourself a graven image”

They combine the coveting parts into one, so it still adds up to 10.

But when you read Exodus 20 plainly, you’ll see there are really 9 direct imperatives from God. The numbering is man-made. Scripture doesn’t number them — tradition does. So how you divide them comes down to theological emphasis. Catholics emphasize internal sin like lust and envy as separate violations, which is why they split the coveting. Protestants emphasize idolatry and fear graven images, so they split the first.

Bottom line — there are 9 commands, and traditions divide one of them differently to get to 10. That’s where the difference comes from.

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And there are other jokers count 13, which is why I included the first three verses in my comment where the author of the commandments tells you how many there are.

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To be honest, it isn’t important to me if it’s interpreted as 9, 10, 13 or 20. The text and tradition are there. Like when did the Exodus take place? It doesn’t really matter to me personally, and doesn’t change my beliefs. I just found the count interesting. There are many instances in the Bible where there are numbers. Keep in mind that if you read different Bibles, there will be different numbers. That’s because the Hebrews didn’t have numbers, they used words. Like the elders, is it 70 or 72? 40 days, is it 40 or 42? Even the amount of Israelites that fled to the dessert, up for debate. The 3000 killed when they had a massive orgy when Moses was on the mountain with God. Not actually 3000. They translated the Hebrew into Greek, and from the Greek into English. There are many instances in the Septuagint, which vary due to translation etc., but it’s the spiritual message that matters at the end of the day.