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Decalogue

(Encyclopedia) Decalogue: see Ten Commandments.

Ten Commandments

(Encyclopedia) Ten Commandments or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ethical systems of…

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, also called the Decalogue (Greek, “ten words”), were divine laws revealed to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai. Appearing in both Exodus (Ex. 20: 2–17) and Deuteronomy (Deut.…

Brewer's: Ten Commandments

(The). The following rhyme was written under the two tables of the commandments: PRSVR Y PRFCT MN VR KP THS PRCPTS TN. The vowel E Supplies the key. Ten Commandments (The). Scratching…

Numbering of the Ten Commandments

The Question: Is it true that Catholics, Protestants, and Jews all have different versions of the Ten Commandments? The Answer: Putting aside…

Shavuot

(Encyclopedia) ShavuotShavuotshəv&oobreve;ˈət [key] [Heb.,=weeks], Jewish feast celebrated on the 6th of the month of Sivan (usually some time in May) in Israel and on the sixth and seventh days…

De Mille, Cecil B.

(Encyclopedia) De Mille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount De Mille), 1881–1959, American movie director and producer, b. Ashfield, Mass. In 1914, together with Samuel Goldwyn, he made the first feature-length…

Sabbath

(Encyclopedia) Sabbath [Heb.,=repose], in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In the biblical account of…

Exodus

(Encyclopedia) ExodusExodusĕkˈsədəs [key], book of the Bible, 2d of the 5 books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. The book continues the story of the ancestors of…