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Deuteronomy 5 (The Ten Commandments)

The Two Testaments

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The Ten Commandments Are Structured Differently

Moses uses two different verbs to make it clear that these are two different commands. Deuteronomy helps you out even more because it uses a different verb. So I don't know I'm speculating but maybe like people would like sit around the campfire at night and recite the 10 words and there was some confusion about it. Yes, this proposal has also a long history. There's a long history of debate, whether it's five and five or four and six or even three and seven. We can talk about that later.

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