I

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

II

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

III

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

IV

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

V

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

VI

Thou shalt not kill.

VII

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

VIII

Thou shalt not steal.

IX

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

X

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17) were actually given prior to the Lord revealing the Law to Moses. They are, however, as central to the heart of the Law of Moses as they are to the Gospel of Christ - both systems of law and commandments are founded upon these ten simple statements.

Additionally, they are considered the foundation of the ancient English Common Law, and as such were considered by the Founders of the United States Constitution as the foundation and bedrock of any civil law and government... just read their public and personal writings and you will learn this truth very thoroughly.

There are several interesting ways scholars have grouped the Ten Commandments. Christians scholars like to group them according to the "Two Great Commandments": that of loving God and "loving thy neighbor". Alfred Edersheim, in his commentary on the Old Testament, groups them accordingly:

1-3: Who We Worship
4: Who we Honor
5-10: Who we Love and Respect