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Ten′ Command′ments, 
  1. Bible, Religionthe precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai;
    the Decalogue. Ex. 20;
    24:12,34;
    Deut. 5. Though the numbering of these commandments may differ in some religions, that which has been followed in this dictionary is based on the King James Version of the Bible.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Ten Commandments pl n
  1. the Ten Commandments ⇒ the commandments summarizing the basic obligations of humankind towards God and other people, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai engraved on two tablets of stone (Exodus 20:1–17)
'Ten Commandments' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
commandment - Decalogue - testimony - ark - Eighth Commandment - Fifth Commandment - First Commandment - Fourth Commandment - Ninth Commandment - Tenth Commandment - Third Commandment - Second Commandment - Seventh Commandment - Shavuoth - Sixth Commandment

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