In the book
of Mosiah in the Book of Mormon, as well as in Exo 20 and Deut 5, the Decalogue
is stated. I think it would be interesting to present the versions of the
Decalogue in a side-by-side comparison to see similarities and differences in
the renditions thereof:
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Mosiah 16:12-24 (*)
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Exo 20:2-17
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Deut 5:6-22
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(first
commandment omitted; "remainder" [i.e. nos. 2-10] quoted by
Abinadi: "And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of
God . . . " [Mosiah 13:11])
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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.
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I am the
Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which is in
heaven above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the water
under the earth. And again, thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them nor
serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth centuries of them
that hate me, and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep
my commandments.
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Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image, or the likeness of anything 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.
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Thou shalt
not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the
earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I am
the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children unto the third or fourth generation of them that hate me. And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Remember
the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work; but the seventh day, the sabbath day of the Lord thy God, 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 and the sea and all that in them is;
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
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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 heaaven 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.
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Keep the
sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days
thou shalt 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, nor thy manservant, nor why maidservant, nor thine ox, nor
thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember
that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God
brought thee out of thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm:
therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
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Honor thy
father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee.
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Honour thy
father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee.
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Honour thy
father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days
may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Thou shalt
not kill.
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Thou shalt
not kill.
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Thou shalt
not kill.
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Thou shalt
not commit adultery.
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Thou shalt
not commit adultery.
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Neither
shalt thou commit adultery.
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Thou shalt
not steal.
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Thou shalt
not steal.
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Neither
shalt thou steal.
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Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neighour.
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Neither
shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Thy shalt
not covet thy neighbor's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor
his manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that
is thy neighbor's.
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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.
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Neither
shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy
neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox,
or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbour's.
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(*) The text
I am using is Royal Skousen, The
Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text.
