The Ten Commandments - Sources

New American Bible Since the original text of the Old Testament does not number the commandments as we do, the commandments are numbered differently by Catholics, Protestants and Jews. However, they are all contained in the following chapters, the Word of God, the original source. Exodus 20 Deuteronomy 5

Catholic Catechism The following references are to the Catholic Catechism at the Vatican web site giving information and insight about each of the commandments.         first, 2084-141         second, 2142-67         third, 2168-95         fourth, 2197-257         fifth, 2258-330         sixth, 2331-400         seventh, 2401-63         eighth, 2464-513         ninth, 2514-33         tenth, 2534-57

The Ten Commandments:

The First Commandment

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. You shall not make for yourself a graven 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 or serve them.

 

The Second Commandment

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

 

The Third Commandment

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work.

 

The Fourth Commandment

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

 

The Fifth Commandment

You shall not kill.

 

The Sixth Commandment

You shall not commit adultery.

 

The Seventh Commandment

You shall not steal.

 

The Eighth Commandment

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

 

The Ninth Commandment

You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.

 

The Tenth Commandment

You shall not covet . . . anything that is your neighbor's. . . . You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.

Main Entry: cov?et
Pronunciation: 'k&-v&t
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English coveiten, from Old French coveitier, from coveiti頼/i>desire, modification of Latin cupiditat-, cupiditas, from cupidus desirous, from cupere to desire
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to wish for enviously
2 : to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably
intransitive senses : to feel inordinate desire for what belongs to another
synonym see DESIRE
- cov?et?able /-v&-t&-b&l/ adjective
- cov?et?er /-t&r/ noun
- cov?et?ing?ly /-ti[ng]-lE/ adverb