Question 98
Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon Mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone;a and are recorded in the twentieth chapter of Exodus. The four first commandments containing our duty to God, and the other six our duty to man.b
Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon Mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone;a and are recorded in the twentieth chapter of Exodus. The four first commandments containing our duty to God, and the other six our duty to man.b
a. Deuteronomy 10:4; Exodus 34:1–4
Deuteronomy 10:4
10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.
10:4 And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
Exodus 34:1–4
34:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. 34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
34:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 34:2 Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop. 34:3 No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain-not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain." 34:4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
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b. Matthew 22:37–40
Matthew 22:37–40
22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
22:37 Jesus declared, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 22:39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 22:40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
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