Numbers

The Ten Commandments

1. I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
3. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy
4. Honor thy father and mother
5. Thou shalt not kill
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery
7. Thou shalt not steal
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife

How It's Used

"Last week I had this crazy dream.  There he was, the Prince of Egypt, descending from Sinai hoisting tablets inscribed:

• No guns.
• No helicopters.
• No explosives.
• No hero cops.
• No treacly (sic) soundtracks.
• No terminal diseases.
• No remakes.
• No earsplitting decibel levels.
• No sixtyish heroes with twenty-something love interests.
• No films longer than 100 minutes.

"My dream of a new Ten Commandments for moviemakers?  Hollywood could do worse than adopt these resolutions for 1999."

"There is a teaching in the Talmud that says an individual who comes before God after death will be asked a series of questions, the first one of which is, 'Were you honest in your business dealings?' But it is the Ten Commandments that have weighed most heavily on the mind of Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles in light of the sins for which Bernard L. Madoff stands accused."

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