The Law
The Ten Commandments and the heart of the Law God gave through Moses - the foundation of covenant life.
The Ten Commandments
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You Shall Have No Other Gods
The first commandment establishes the foundation of the whole Law: exclusive loyalty to the LORD who redeemed Israel from Egypt. It forbids acknowledging any…
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You Shall Not Make Graven Images
The second commandment forbids making and worshipping idols or images of God, for the invisible God cannot be captured in any created form. It warns of God's…
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You Shall Not Take God's Name in Vain
The third commandment guards the holiness of God's name, forbidding its empty, false, or irreverent use. To bear God's name is to represent him, so misusing it…
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Remember the Sabbath Day
The fourth commandment sets apart the seventh day for rest and worship, grounded in God's own resting after creation. Israel was to cease from labor and let…
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Honor Your Father and Mother
The fifth commandment bridges the Law's two tables - moving from duty to God to duty toward others - by commanding honor for parents. It is the first…
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You Shall Not Murder
The sixth commandment protects the sanctity of human life, made in the image of God. It forbids the unlawful taking of life, and Jesus deepened it in the…
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You Shall Not Commit Adultery
The seventh commandment guards the covenant of marriage and the purity of sexual union within it. It reflects God's own faithfulness to his covenant people, so…
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You Shall Not Steal
The eighth commandment protects the property and livelihood of others, forbidding taking what is not rightfully one's own. It undergirds honest work, fair…
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You Shall Not Bear False Witness
The ninth commandment protects truth and a neighbor's reputation, forbidding lying testimony and, by extension, all deceit and slander. In a courtroom a false…
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You Shall Not Covet
The tenth commandment reaches past outward acts to the desires of the heart, forbidding the craving for what belongs to another - house, spouse, servant, or…
The Heart of the Law
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The Shema (Love the LORD Your God)
The Shema - 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD' - is the great confession of Israel's faith, calling God's people to love him with all their heart,…
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Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Tucked within Leviticus' holiness code, this command - 'thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' - became, in Jesus' teaching, the second great commandment on…
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The Laws of Clean and Unclean
The dietary and purity laws of Leviticus distinguished clean animals from unclean and taught Israel to be holy as God is holy, marking them off from the…