The Ten Commandments

• The text of the Ten Commandments appears twice in the Bible: at Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.
• In Exodus, God gives Moses two tablets containing the commandments on Mount Sinai (also known as Horeb).
• Moses broke the first set of tablets when he saw that the people had made an idol out of gold while he was away receiving them.
• After forty days and nights, God gave Moses another pair of stone tablets with the same commandments written upon them.
• The Decalogue is also called the "Ten Words" or the "Ten Sayings".
• What can the Ten Commandments also be referred to as?

  The Decalogue ,Ten Words/Ten sayings