The Ten Words (i.e. commandments)
And spoke Ala’aym all these words saying:
1. I YA’OH, your Higher Power, the one who caused you to be brought out of from the land of Matsraym, from the house of servitude.
2. There will not be to you other gods in front of my face; you will not make to you an idol of any image which is in heaven from above, and which is in earth from beneath, and which is in the sea from beneath the earth, you will not bow to them, and you will not serve them, for I YA’OH, your Higher Power, am a jealous Higher Power, one who visits the punishment of the fathers upon the children, upon the third, and upon the fourth, to the one hating me; and doing mercy to thousands, to the one loving me; and to the one keeping my commandments.
3. You will not lift up the name YA’OH, your Higher Power, to disrespect; for YA’OH will not forgive whoever will lift up His name to disrespect.
4. Remembering the day of the shabath to set it apart. Six days will you labor and do all of your work, but the seventh day is a shabath unto YA’OH, your Higher Power. You will not do any labor, you, your son, your daughter, your manservant, and your maidservant, and your livestock, and the convert which is within your gates. For six of days made YA’OH the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything which is in them, and He rested in the seventh day. Therefore, YA’OH blessed the seventh day and made it set apart.
5. Honor your father and your mother so that your days will be lengthened upon the land which YA’OH, your Higher Power, gives to you.
6. Not will you murder.
7. Not will you fornicate.
8. Not will you steal.
9. Not will you testify against your kinsmen a false witness.
10. Not will you seek to possess the house of your kinsmen, not will you seek to possess the wife of your kinsmen, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which is your kinsmen’s.
There are three “do” (positive) commandments and there are seven “do not” (negative) commandments. The 1st commandment is a “do” commandment, not a “do not” commandment. What must you do? You must know THE NAME of the Higher Power who is speaking the words of these commandments to you and that He is the Higher Power who brought you out of Matsraym in the first Exodus. The first commandment is know His name!
The 2nd commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not make images of gods and bow down to serve them. You must not have any other gods in front of me. Who is me? Does me have a name? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 3rd commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not disrespect the name YA’OH. There is no forgiveness for this. Who is YA’OH? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 4th commandment is a “do” commandment, not a “do not” commandment. You must remember the shabath day, which is the seventh day of the week, to keep it holy. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 5th commandment is a “do” commandment, not a “do not” commandment. You must honor your parents. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 6th commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not murder. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 7th commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not fornicate. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 8th commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not not steal from your countryman. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 9th commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not be a false witness against a countryman. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
The 10th commandment is a “do not” commandment. You must not seek to possess anything that belongs to your countryman. Says who? Refer to the 1st commandment.
His name is YA’OH
Always has been. Always will be.
1.15.7252 (April 5, 2023)