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NASB | Deuteronomy 5:21 ¶ 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 5:21 ¶ 'You shall not covet [that is, desire and seek to acquire] your neighbor's wife, nor desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' [Luke 12:15; Col 3:5] |
Bible Question:
Question to Catholics. I just found a Cath Bible site. I read Ex 20 and the 10 Commandments are in there just like they are in every other Bible. I was raised Cath. I was taught the 10 commandments are 1. I am the Lord thy God, you shall have no other Gods before me. 2. Do not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 3. Keep holy the sabbath day. 4. Honor thy mother and father. 5. Thou shall not kill. 6. Thou shall not commit adultery. 7. Thou shall not steal. 8. Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 9. Thou shall not covet they neighbor's wife. 10. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's goods. Why do they leave out the graven image commandment and break the covet commandment in two? It's all right there in the Bible, why do they change it? |
Bible Answer: Norrie, Please look at Deut 5:6-21. "No other God's before me" would include gaven images that are worshiped. It would also include any pictures that are worshiped. Most Prostestants shy away from stautes but many have pictures of Jesus of one kind or another in their homes or books. They do not worship them any more than Catholics worship statues or all Americans worship the statues of our American heroes found in public places. The division of the coveting our neighbor's wife or goods is seen in verse 21. Keep in mind that the verse divisions and punctuation are artificial and do not exist in the original languages or manuscripts. So the division of the first and second or the ninth and tenth is arbitrary on either side. The division between a neighbor's wife and his property seesm rather logical to many people. I tend to view and value my wife much more highly than my posessions. You will note that both lists when taught as catechism are edited. Protestants tend toward the Exodus list version and Catholics the Deuteronomy, but both edit to abbreviate for teaching purposes. As an example look at the commandment on honoring the Sabbath. Whether you count it as fourth or third, both Protestants and Catholics teach it in an abbreviated form for lessons. Emmaus |