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Ten' Command'ments

the precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai; the Decalogue. Ex. 20; 24:12,34; Deut. 5. Though the numbering of these commandments may differ in some religions, that which has been followed in this dictionary is based on the King James Version of the Bible.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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