Ten Commandments were all that was written on the stone tablets carried by Moses. This is a Myth because the entire Torah was written on the two tablets. The Torah was given in Exodus 20 and again in Exodus 34. Each time the entire Torah was given, and each time the entire Torah was written on the two tablets. Exodus 24:4. And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD* and rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. The scroll Moses wrote was placed beside the Ark, as the LORD* instructed Moses in Deuteronomy 31:26. Take this scroll of the Torah and put it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD* your God, so it will be there as a witness against you.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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