1 Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israëlem, et dixit ad eum: Audi, Israël, cæremonias atque judicia, quæ ego loquor in auribus vestris hodie: discite ea, et opere complete. 2 Dominus Deus noster pepigit nobiscum fœdus in Horeb. 3 Non cum patribus nostris iniit pactum, sed nobiscum qui in præsentiarum sumus, et vivimus. 4 Facie ad faciem locutus est nobis in monte de medio ignis. 5 Ego sequester et medius fui inter Dominum et vos in tempore illo, ut annuntiarem vobis verba ejus: timuistis enim ignem, et non ascendistis in montem. Et ait: 6 Ego Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Ægypti, de domo servitutis. 7 Non habebis deos alienos in conspectu meo. 8 Non facies tibi sculptile, nec similitudinem omnium, quæ in cælo sunt desuper, et quæ in terra deorsum, et quæ versantur in aquis sub terra. 9 Non adorabis ea, et non coles. Ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus: Deus æmulator, reddens iniquitatem patrum super filios in tertiam et quartam generationem his qui oderunt me: 10 et faciens misericordiam in multa millia diligentibus me, et custodientibus præcepta mea. 11 Non usurpabis nomen Domini Dei tui frustra: quia non erit impunitus qui super re vana nomen ejus assumpserit. 12 Observa diem sabbati, ut sanctifices eum, sicut præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus. 13 Sex diebus operaberis, et facies omnia opera tua. 14 Septimus dies sabbati est, id est, requies Domini Dei tui. Non facies in eo quidquam operis tu, et filius tuus, et filia, servus et ancilla, et bos, et asinus, et omne jumentum tuum, et peregrinus qui est intra portas tuas: ut requiescat servus tuus, et ancilla tua, sicut et tu. 15 Memento quod et ipse servieris in Ægypto, et eduxerit te inde Dominus Deus tuus in manu forti, et brachio extento. Idcirco præcepit tibi ut observares diem sabbati. 16 Honora patrem tuum et matrem, sicut præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, ut longo vivas tempore, et bene sit tibi in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi. 17 Non occides, 18 neque mœchaberis, 19 furtumque non facies: 20 nec loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium. 21 Non concupisces uxorem proximi tui: non domum, non agrum, non servum, non ancillam, non bovem, non asinum, et universa quæ illius sunt. 22 Hæc verba locutus est Dominus ad omnem multitudinem vestram in monte de medio ignis et nubis, et caliginis, voce magna, nihil addens amplius: et scripsit ea in duabus tabulis lapideis, quas tradidit mihi. 23 Vos autem postquam audistis vocem de medio tenebrarum, et montem ardere vidistis, accessistis ad me omnes principes tribuum et majores natu, atque dixistis: 24 Ecce ostendit nobis Dominus Deus noster majestatem et magnitudinem suam: vocem ejus audivimus de medio ignis, et probavimus hodie, quod loquente Deo cum homine, vixerit homo. 25 Cur ergo moriemur, et devorabit nos ignis hic maximus? si enim audierimus ultra vocem Domini Dei nostri, moriemur. 26 Quid est omnis caro, ut audiat vocem Dei viventis, qui de medio ignis loquitur sicut nos audivimus, et possit vivere? 27 Tu magis accede: et audi cuncta quæ dixerit Dominus Deus noster tibi: loquerisque ad nos, et nos audientes faciemus ea. 28 Quod cum audisset Dominus, ait ad me: Audivi vocem verborum populi hujus quæ locuti sunt tibi: bene omnia sunt locuti. 29 Quis det talem eos habere mentem, ut timeant me, et custodiant universa mandata mea in omni tempore, ut bene sit eis et filiis eorum in sempiternum? 30 Vade et dic eis: Revertimini in tentoria vestra. 31 Tu vero hic sta mecum, et loquar tibi omnia mandata mea, et cæremonias atque judicia: quæ docebis eos, ut faciant ea in terra, quam dabo illis in possessionem. 32 Custodite igitur et facite quæ præcepit Dominus Deus vobis: non declinabitis neque ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram: 33 sed per viam, quam præcepit Dominus Deus vester, ambulabitis, ut vivatis, et bene sit vobis, et protelentur dies in terra possessionis vestræ.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 1 Deuteronomy 4:1; Matthew 23:3; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 29:2
- 2 Deuteronomy 4:23; Exodus 19:5–8; Exodus 24:8; Hebrews 9:19–23; Hebrews 8:6–13
- 3 Deuteronomy 29:10–15; Hebrews 8:8–9; Psalm 105:8–10; Genesis 17:7; Jeremiah 32:38–40
- 4 Exodus 19:18–19; Deuteronomy 34:10; Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 4:33
- 5 Galatians 3:19; Exodus 20:18–21; Exodus 19:16; Hebrews 12:18–24; Numbers 16:48
- 6 Exodus 20:2–17; Psalm 81:5–10; Leviticus 26:1–2; Deuteronomy 4:4
- 7 Exodus 20:3; Matthew 4:10; 1 John 5:21; John 5:23
- 8 Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 4:15–19
- 9 Exodus 20:4–6; Exodus 34:7; Daniel 9:4–9; Numbers 14:18; Exodus 34:14
- 10 Romans 8:28; 1 John 1:7; Jeremiah 32:18; John 15:14; Daniel 9:4
- 11 Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:12; Deuteronomy 6:13; Matthew 5:33–34; James 5:12
- 12 Exodus 20:8–11; Isaiah 58:13; Isaiah 56:6
- 13 Ezekiel 20:12; Luke 13:14–16; Exodus 35:2–3; Exodus 23:12; Luke 23:56
- 14 Hebrews 4:4; Genesis 2:2; Exodus 16:29–30; Exodus 23:12; Nehemiah 13:21
- 15 Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Ephesians 2:11–12; Deuteronomy 24:18–22
- 16 Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1–3; Colossians 3:20; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 27:16
- 17 Exodus 20:13; Romans 13:9; Matthew 5:21–22; Genesis 9:6; James 2:11
- 18 Exodus 20:14; Luke 18:20; Matthew 5:27–28; Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 6:32–33
- 19 Exodus 20:15; Romans 13:9; Ephesians 4:28
- 20 Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1; Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 19:5; Malachi 3:5
- 21 Exodus 20:17; Romans 13:9; Luke 12:15; 1 Kings 21:1–4; 1 Timothy 6:9–10
- 22 Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 4:12–15; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 5:4
- 23 Exodus 20:18–19; Hebrews 12:18–21
- 24 Deuteronomy 4:33; Exodus 19:19; Exodus 33:20; Genesis 32:30; Judges 13:22
- 25 Deuteronomy 18:16; Hebrews 12:29; 2 Corinthians 3:7–9; Galatians 3:21–22; Deuteronomy 33:2
- 26 Deuteronomy 4:33; Romans 3:20; Matthew 26:63; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Psalm 84:2
- 27 Exodus 20:19; Hebrews 12:19
- 28 Deuteronomy 18:17; Numbers 36:5; Numbers 27:7
- 29 Isaiah 48:18; Ezekiel 33:31–32; Deuteronomy 11:1; Matthew 23:37; Luke 19:42
- 31 Galatians 3:19; Deuteronomy 12:1; Ezekiel 20:11; Exodus 24:12; Deuteronomy 4:45
- 32 Proverbs 4:27; Joshua 23:6; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 28:14
- 33 Jeremiah 7:23; Deuteronomy 4:40; Luke 1:6; 1 Timothy 4:8; Deuteronomy 10:12
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… expound it; but his meaning is similar to that of Moses, when it is said, "Thou shalt not make to thyself any image for God, of whatsoever things are in heaven above, whatsoever in the earth beneath, and whatsoever in the waters under the earth." And he does thus explain what are meant by the things in heaven: "Lest when," …
For if we attribute them to ourselves, they shall be servile; for it is said of the Sabbath, "Ye shall do no servile work in it." Wherefore also it is said by Ezekiel the prophet, "And I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctify …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… us honour also the fathers of our flesh: since the Lord Himself hath evidently so appointed in the Law and the Prophets, saying, Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and thy days shall be long in the land.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
As Moses says in Deuteronomy, "These are all the words which the Lord spake to the whole assembly of the sons of Israel on the mount, and He added no more; and He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me." For this reason [He did so], that they who are willing to follow Him might …
For it is written in the Law, "Thou shalt not bear false witness;" and it is written in the Law, "All men are liars." Recur then to that which I just lately suggested, when I defined in words as best I could the "meek" man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)