Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >   (Many people argue that the commandments are not actually numbered, and
> > only vagely referred to as "the ten" much later, so there's no telling
> > exactly which number goes to what. It still doesn't justify skipping the
> > image prohibition, though, as it is right there after the first commandment.)

> There's actually three sets of commandments, one of which is called "the ten 
> commandments" in the bible itself, the other two sets being given to Moses, 
> as I recall.

  The story itself is told in Exodus 20, and Moses recapitulates it in
Deuteronomy 5 (so the commandments appear in two places, but the latter
is Moses speaking to the people and telling them the commandments again).

  They are specifically referred to as "ten commandments" in Deuteronomy 4:13.

  I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to with "three sets of
commandments".

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                                                          - Warp

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