Ten Commandments

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A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.
The ten fingernails, used by women when fighting.

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Calque of Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים ('aséret had'varím, “the ten items”), from Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4.

Decalogue

Nine Commandments mortal sin

11th commandment ethical Ten Commandments ritual Ten Commandments

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