1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Deuteronomy 4:13 | And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the *ten words, that he wrote in two tables of stone. Exodus 20.; Exodus 21.; Exodus 22.; Exodus 23. | Stone. Josephus (Antiquities 3:4, 6,) says, that each table contained five precepts, two and a half being inscribed on one side. The Jews now suppose that four appeared on one table, and six on the other. But each table probably contained an entire copy of the law. (Calmet) --- It hence appears, that there are just ten precepts. (Worthington) --- But the manner of dividing them is rather uncertain. St. Augustine and Catholics in general, place the three commandments, which regard God, by themselves. See Exodus 20:1. Their greater importance and length would require as much space as the other seven, which ascertain the mutual duties of people to each other. (Haydock) |