The Ten Commandments: Accounting Systems

It is a little known fact that there are different commandments depending on whether one is Protestant, Jewish or Catholic. This has to do with the different traditions of each group.

Jews even say that they are not so much Commandments as the Ten Words, since they regard the opening statement, "I am the Lord your God, who..." as one of the Ten. From Infogalactic: "עשרת הדברות (transliterated Asereth ha-Dibroth), both translatable as "the ten words", "the ten sayings" or "the ten matters".^[2]"

Traditions:

• LXX: Septuagint, generally followed by Orthodox Christians.
• P: Philo, same as the Septuagint, but with the prohibitions on killing and adultery reversed.
• S: Samaritan Pentateuch, with an additional commandment about Mount Gerizim as 10th.
• T: Jewish Talmud, makes the "prologue" the first "saying" or "matter" and combines the prohibition on worshiping deities other than Yahweh with the prohibition on idolatry.
• A: Augustine follows the Talmud in combining verses 3–6, but omits the prologue as a commandment and divides the prohibition on coveting in two and following the word order of Deuteronomy 5:21 rather than Exodus 20:17.
• C: Catechism of the Catholic Church, largely follows Augustine.
• L: Lutherans follow Luther's Large Catechism, which follows Augustine but omits the prohibition of images^[17] and uses the word order of Exodus 20:17 rather than Deuteronomy 5:21 for the ninth and tenth commandments.
• R: Reformed Christians follow John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, which follows the Septuagint.

The Ten Commandments

LXX	P	S	T	A	C	L	R	Main article	Exodus 20:1-17	Deuteronomy 5:4-21
—	—	—	1	—	1	—	(1)	I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.	2[18]	6[18]
1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	Thou shalt have no other gods before me	3[19]	7[19]
2	2	1	2	1	1	—	2	Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image	4–6[20]	8–10[21]
3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain	7[22]	11[23]
4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy	8–11[24]	12–15[25]
5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	Honour thy father and thy mother	12[26]	16[27]
6	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	Thou shalt not kill	13[28]	17[28]
7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	Thou shalt not commit adultery	14[29]	18[30]
8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	Thou shalt not steal	15[31]	19[32]
9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour	16[33]	20[34]
10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	Thou shalt not covet(neighbor's house)	17a[35]	21b[36]
10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	Thou shalt not covet(neighbor's wife)	17b[37]	21a[38]
10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	Thou shalt not covet(neighbor's servants, animals, or anything else)	17c[39]	21c[40]
—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	Ye shall erect these stones which I command thee upon Mount Gerizim	17d(Samaritan)	21d (Samaritan)