L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #243 Counting the Ten Commandments

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This tip is inspired by the forum post: n/a

The Counting the Ten Commandments Interactive (in library not tools) is an example of a very specialized resource for educational purposes in a limited number of cases.

First, the basic questions:

• Are the ten commandments in question the ritual commandments or the ethical commandments?
• If ritual commandments, see Exodus 34:11–26
• if ethical commandments does the tradition use the Exodus or the Deuteronomy text?
• if Exodus, see  Exodus 20:1–17
• if Deuteronomy, see Deuteronomy 5:4–21

One is given the option to view 3 divisions of the text into 10 laws ... but only the Exodus text:

1. Jewish
2. Reformed/Anglican/Orthodox
3. Catholic/Lutheran

There is the minor, ignored problem that the Catholic and Lutheran divisions are not identical which limits the usefulness of the interactive for some groups.

View 1:

View 2

There is also a comparative view

Or if you prefer the bilingual version:

But to be honest, I never use this tool because it only considers Exodus and because it conflates Catholic and Lutheran scheme. I use Ten Commandments - Wikipedia (or Ritual Decalogue - Wikipedia) despite its more cluttered look.