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The Decalogue is God’s true and Eternal Law



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The Decalogue is God’s true and Eternal Law 
While reading Moses five books of Torah you’ll find that, during Israel’s journey thru the wilderness, God 
punished the people’s violation of the Ten commandments in at least five different episodes: 
(1) The Israelite assembly was punished for making a golden calf, thereby violating the command that 
forbade any graven image (Exodus 32:7-8) 
(2) The son of a Hebrew woman was punished for blaspheming God’s name, thereby taking God’s name in 
vain (Leviticus 24:10-11) 
(3) An Israelite man was punished for gathering wooden sticks during the seventh day, thereby violating the 
command to observe Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-35) 
(4) Israel was punished at the plains of Moab for violating the command that forbade immorality (adultery 
and fornication), as well as for violating the command forbidding them from bowing to an idol (Numbers 
25:1-2) 
On the other hand, during the forty years spent in the wilderness, we never hear God ever punishing any 
Israelite for the sin of failing to wear Tephillim, for mixing meat and milk, for wearing clothes of mixed 
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fabric, or for failing to place a Mezuzah upon the door post of his Tent (or house). In fact, during all those 
years, the whole Israelite assembly completely disregarded the command requiring that newborn babies be 
circumcised. 
As is written: “For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were 
men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed… AND THEIR CHILDREN, WHOM HE RAISED 
UP IN THEIR STEAD, THEM JOSHUA CIRCUMCISED: FOR THEY WERE UNCIRCUMCISED, 
BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT CIRCUMCISED THEM BY THE WAY”- Joshua 5:6-7. Yet, no one was ever 
punished for such gross violation of God’s Law! 
Thus, we must ask ourselves the following question: Why was God so severe with Israel’s violation of the 
Ten Commandments, yet was He so lenient when it came to the violation of those commands that are not part
of the Decalogue? 
Could it be that, by casting them upon stone tablets, Scripture hinted at the idea that the Decalogue is God’s 
true and perfect Law; the one Law promised to remain forever unchanged (“The Law of the Lord is perfect…
So shall I keep thy Law continually for ever and ever… This book of the Law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is 
written therein”- Psalm 19:7, & 119:44, Joshua 1:8 KJB)? 
Could the former be God’s own way of telling that the rest of the 613 commandments were just particular 
applications of the previous Ten; and therefore their implementation was temporary, as it depended upon 
uncertain circumstances (Israel dwelling upon the Land, the existence of the Holy Temple, the existence of a 
properly established Sanhedrim, the existence of a functioning priesthood, etc)? 
Curiously, Jewish lore seems to validate the former perspective. Why? Because it states that, in case of 
extreme danger, you are allowed to violate all of the commandments [when so doing can enable you to 
escape with your life]. Yet, there are three commands for which you are expected to prefer death, rather than 
to violate them: 
(1) Idolatry (the worship of another God) 
(2) Immorality (adultery) 
(3) Bloodshed (Murder) 
Notice that each of the above is part of the Decalogue! Notice that each of the above is part of the 
Decalogue! Thus, the Decalogue is the one Law you can never afford to completely abandon. 

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