In Hebrew, the ten are not called commandments. They are called devarim. Words. And words are different from commandments.

In this letter

- Aseret hadevarim — the Ten Words

- Dabar (H1697) as the singular

- The three uses of the phrase in the Torah — Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13, Deuteronomy 10:4

- Why the Latin decem praecepta shifted the frame

- The ten walked one more time as words from a Father, not commands from a superior

- Romans 13 — love as the fulfillment of the law

- A direct pastoral landing for the burdened, the failing, and the frame-corrupted

Scripture — Exodus 20:1-17 (full); Deuteronomy 4:13, 10:4; Exodus 34:28; Romans 13:8-10

Hebrew word studies

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