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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Their Translation and Critical Anal
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Their Translation and Critical Anal.
ysIs-By n. Noah, Hebrew Teacher.
FIRST COMMANDMENT.
am the Lord thy God, who brought
thee out of the land Of Egypt, out of the
land of bondage. This first commands
ment teaches us that we shall know and
believe one God, and that there is God
in existence and that He can act accord
ing to His divine will.
"Who brought thee out Of the land of
Egypt!"-Teaches us firm belief in the
existence of 3 Supreme Power who gov
ems the world according to His divine
will, with justice, mercy and kindness.
Then the redemption of Egypt was cons
Quoted by His divine sight and knowls
edge as He said to Moses when He ap-
peared to Him the first time (Ex. 81, }
have seen the affection Of
my people which are in Egypt and
have heard their cries by
reason Of their taskmasters. For know
their errors and / came down to deliver
them out Of the hands Of the Egytians,
and it teaches US that Heis 0mnipotent,
He can do whatever He desires and mo-
body can withhold His Divine will, and
if lie is all power that proves His unity,
that He is unity beyond compare, as He
said in His message to Pharoah by Moses
(Ex. 9, a. That thou mayst know
there is none like me in all the earth.
Dat Of the house Of bondage teaches us
to remember that we were captives to
Pharoah in Egypt, and that He by His
mercy redeemed US. Then it is our duty
that We shall accept Him for God and
worship Him, as He told Moses (Lev
20, 42) for they are my people which l
brought forth from the land of Egypt,
and that command is named in theRabbin-
ical Kabulat Milchut Shumoym, to admit
and receive the heavenly kingdom to
make God our king, and therefore the men
of the great Sinet, together with the
minor prophets when they regulated our
daily prayers did insert in the part of the
Bible what we read every day (Deut. 6, A.,
after the verse, Hear o! Israel the Lord
our God is one God, the verse, Blessed
be the name Of his glorious kingdom for
ever and ever. Then after we acknowlS
edge that He ia our God and the only
God, it is cur duty to receive him as our
king and obey his commands.
SECOND COMMANDMENT.
Thou shall have no other gods before
me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any
craven image, or any ikness of any thing,
that is in the heavens above or
that what is in the earth beneath
or what is in the water under
the earth. Thou shalt not bow down
myself TO them nor serve them, for
l the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children intos the third and fourth
generation Of them that hate me, and
showing kindness unto 1000 Of them
that love me and keep my commands
ments. The second commandment
teaches that we must not worship nor
have faith in any created being. in the
angels or planets, from above nor in any
created being beneath. But our trust
and worship must be exclusively to
God the creator of everything. What
ever we worship besides God alone, is an
Idol, and that we must not make any
kind of image or figure to represent
luc IlNluG DGluky uClthOl llhob We WV
ship them in any way, even if our inten~
ton is not to deny God by strange
worship. For the Lord our God is a
Jealous God. He remembers the iniqui-
" of the fathers to the third and fourth
generation. But we must not under
stand from here that God will punish
the children as far as the thiTdan fourth
generation for the sin of their fathers as
God Himself tells us (Deut. "a 16) the
fathers shall not be put to death for theil
children; neither shall the children be
put to death for their fathers. Every
man shall be put TO death for his owl
sin. But God is slow, patient with Hi
anger. lie don't punish the wicked Iigh
away. He waits; perhaps he might re
pent, or perhaps he might have right
eous son or a grandson who will walk il
the way of His law. But if his son II
also a wicked man, and the third ant
fourth generation are rebellious agains
him, then God don't keep back His pun
ishment to wait any longer. Then He re
members also the iniquity of his father
and that this is already the fourth wicke
generation, and there is no more hop
for their offspring to repent and becom
religious now, and then He punishe
them and destroys them altogether. w
see from here His great goodness an
mercy, that was when a man commit
such great crime as to worship idol
T, Even then the mercy of our Heavenl
Father is not ended. tie waits an
hope the sinner might repent or some
ms children might become religion
men. lie delays His punishment q
long as there Ia any hope for repentanc
lie is good, for His mercies never ia
He is mersiful ,fot his living kindne
never ends.
Therefore we ought to be very caret
not TO acknowledge the supremacy of al
created being. But TO worship III
alone and live up strictly to the laws
His divine words as they are given to
either TO encourage or support any
these insincere doctors or preachers
their false doctrines, then the end OF the
false doctrine and insincere preachl
will lead their supporter TO deny u
and His holy laws, as the Prophet Je
(23,9,l0lD. On account Of those prop
cts those insiLcere preachers who prea
nothing but peace and happiness to thu
congregation, breaks my heart in me,
nv bones shake because of the Lord.
They gradually take away from tn
congregation the belief in God and b
cause of His holy words. They do
believe any more on the holy words
the Bible. The land IS fall Ofaiult'
ers. The pleasant places of the wild,
ness are dried up. The words OF u
which were given to US in the wlldern'
which is a gushing stream OF llvI
water, and moistening and soothing
those who keep it, are dried up by the
none of them understand the div
words they care not for it, their path
evil and their course not right They
with all their energy and force 10
what is not right, for their prophet
priest are profane, impious, goddess
these people that do not understa
the words of God, will stumble also
nv house in the place OF woTs