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The Ten Commandments
And a Helpful Way
to Remember Them
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The First Four Commandments
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Relate to our worship of God
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The Fifth Commandment
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Highlights Family Life.
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Commandments Six Through Nine
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Concern Our Relationship With Our Fellowman
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The Tenth Commandment
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Is Unique, Causing us to Search Our Own Hearts, To Check Our Motives.
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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FIRST
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Give our Creator Exclusive Devotion.
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SECOND
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Do Not Use Images in Worship.
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THIRD
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Always Respect and Dignify God's Name.
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FOURTH
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Allow Time to Concentrate on Spiritual Matters, Without Distraction.
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FIFTH
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Children, Respect Your Parents
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SIXTH
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Do Not Murder
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SEVENTH
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Avoid Adultery
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EIGHTH
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Do Not Steal
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NINTH
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Tell the Truth
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TENTH
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Shun Covetousness
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Definition of Covetousness: To Desire (another's property) Wrongfully.
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ACTUAL BIBLE VERSES OF EXODUS 20:1-17
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Exodus Chapter 20vs:1 And God proceeded to speak all these words, saying:vs:2 "I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slaves."vs:3 "You must not have any other gods against my face."vs:4 "You must not make for yourself a carved image or a form like anything
that is in the heavens above or that is on the earth underneath or that is in the waters under the earth."vs:5 "You must not bow down to them nor be induced to serve them,
because I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion, bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation, in the
case of those who hate me;"vs:6 "but exercising loving-kindness toward the thousandth generation in the case of those who love me and keep my commandments."vs:7 "You
must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way, for Jehovah will not leave the one unpunished who takes up his name in a worthless way."vs:8 "Remembering the
sabbath day to hold it sacred, 9 you are to render service and you must do all your work six days."vs:10 "But the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah your God. You must not do
any work, you nor your son nor your daughter, your slave man nor your slave girl nor your domestic animal nor your alien resident who is inside your gates."vs:11 "For in six
days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and he proceeded to rest on the seventh day. That is why Jehovah blessed the sabbath day and proceeded
to make it sacred."vs:12 "Honor your father and your mother in order that your days may prove long upon the ground that Jehovah your God is giving you."vs:13 "You must
not murder."vs:14 "You must not commit adultery."vs:15 "You must not steal."vs:16 "You must not testify falsely as a witness against your fellowman."
vs:17 "You must not desire your fellowman's house. You must not desire your fellowman's wife, nor his slave man nor his slave girl nor his bull
nor his ass nor anything that belongs to your fellowman."
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Part of Information From 12/01/97 Watchtower Page 32
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