Ten Commandments

![This 1768 parchment (612×502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Ten Commandments at the Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue.[1]](/uploads/202501/08/Decalogue_parchment_by_Jekuthiel_Sofer_17682359.jpg)


The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of commandments which the Bible describes as having been given to the Israelites by God at biblical Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments are listed twice in the Hebrew Bible, first at Exodus 20:1–17, and then at Deuteronomy 5:4–21. Both versions state that God inscribed them on two stone tablets, which he gave to Moses. In the New Testament, the Ten Commandments are clearly attributed to Moses (Mark 7:10, see also John 7:19).