Hallowed Ground: The Ten Commandments

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For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day. These differences, both of which claim divine authority, are not trivial.

Both of the versions claim to be divine revelation. Exodus opens in chapter To complicate the matter further, the translation above was from the standard Hebrew text of Exodus.

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But the Septuagint LXX , the ancient Greek text and likely translated from a slightly different Hebrew text, is a bit different; for example, it has a different order for the murder, adultery, and theft commandments. Choosing a particular text for the Ten Commandments means enfranchising a particular religious community and its traditions at the expense of others.

It also is found in Exodus The translation used in most Ten Commandment monuments is from the King James Version of , sometimes with slightly updated language; this raises the issue of how unclear words in the Hebrew should be rendered. But the Bible elsewhere suggests that capital punishment is legitimate in certain cases Ex He who kidnaps a man—whether he has sold him or is still holding him—shall be put to death.

He who insults his father or his mother shall be put to death. Most monuments list the Ten Commandments preceded by anachronistic Roman numerals before each commandment, but numbers are lacking in the Hebrew, which in the Exodus 20 version contains as many as thirteen statements:.

There is no obvious way to reduce these thirteen to ten. Different religious traditions have done this in different ways, and there is no consensus position—thus, not all people would agree on what the seventh commandment is. Most monuments have written on top, in big block letters: An overarching issue that scholars have with Ten Commandments displays is that the Decalogue is not presented anywhere in the Bible as a universal system of ethics, incumbent upon all of humanity. Some of its commandments, such as observing the sabbath, are nowhere else in the Bible suggested to be universal in scope.

In fact, it is addressed to upper-class property owners note that in the sabbath law, the addressees own cattle and slaves , and its final saying about coveting addresses males only. The classical rabbis were well aware of this and discussed what they called the Seven Noahide laws—laws that all children of Noah, namely all humanity, must observe. Thus, even from a biblical and from a postbiblical traditional Jewish perspective, the Decalogue is not a set of ethical principles that all must follow.

The tenets of the Decalogue are very appealing, and they could certainly help create a better society, but there are issues with displaying it publicly, especially in or near courthouses. Some of these issues, including the shape of the tablets, could be addressed. The text of Exodus and Deuteronomy could be carved out in Hebrew, so we need not worry about translation issues or the priority of Exodus over Deuteronomy or vice versa.

However, while solving one issue, another would be created as most Americans would not be able to read or understand it in Hebrew. Furthermore, a document that is presented as particularistic should not be displayed in such a manner that suggests that it is universal. The Decalogue is fascinating for many reasons. People continue to wonder about its origin, its original text, and how it attained such a prominent place in the Bible as the only text publicly proclaimed to all Israel.

Yet careful study of the Decalogue indicates that it is not presented as a universal ethical code. For all of these reasons, and others not examined here, public displays of the Ten Commandments are problematic indeed. About What's New Log in. Subscriber Services Contact Us Help. Focus On 10 Commandments Written by leading scholars, the Focus On essays are designed to stimulate thought and to explore in depth topics of interest in the field of Biblical studies. For example, Exodus states: Most monuments list the Ten Commandments preceded by anachronistic Roman numerals before each commandment, but numbers are lacking in the Hebrew, which in the Exodus 20 version contains as many as thirteen statements: You shall have no other gods besides Me.