The Ten Commandments

 
After Moses led the Israelites out of of Egypt and slavery, they wandered the desert. for many months. God provided the travelers with food to eat (manna) and water to drink. After long months Moses led his followers to the foot of a mountain called Sinai. Though the desert was dry and bare, the mountain was lush and green, covered with grass, flowers and trees. Moses and the Israelites set up camp at the base of the mountain. On the third day of the Hebrew month of Sivan, Moses was commanded by God to prepare the Jewish people for God's decent and visit. The Israelites washed and purified their clothes and their bodies. Three days later, on the sixth day of Sivan, the people were awaken by thunder and lightning. Thick, dark clouds hung over the mountain. The sounds of the trumpet, the ram's horn, were heard echoing across the desert. The earth began to tremble and shake. Then the Israelites heard a voice, God's voice, as he spoke to them from out of the clouds. And God spoke these words saying, "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage And God gave them his Ten Commandments.

(Ex:20)

  Thou shalt not have no other gods before me.

 2 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 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. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.

 3 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

 4 Remember the Sabath day, to keep it holy.

 5 Honor thy Father and thy Mother.

 6 Thou shalt not kill.

 7 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

 8 Thou shalt not steal.

 9 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

 10 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife nor anything that is thy neighbors.