Ten Commandments
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Known locally as Jabal Musa, Mount Sinai is where Moses is said to have been given the Ten Commandments.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
“I was raised Catholic and I still am a practicing Catholic, but I didn’t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school,” Duplessis said on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
Scholars still argue over the meaning of the Ten Commandments, which are ostensibly the word of God himself.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
Upon discovering this betrayal, Moses became so angry that he smashed the original tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023
“And here are a few things the Good Book has to say on the subject. In Exodus Twenty, Verse Thirteen, we have one of the Ten Commandments: ‘Thou shalt not kill.’
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
