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  • From: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: stuma in Deut 5,21
  • Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:57:32 -0800 (PST)

Karl Randolph wrote:

> What I noticed is that
> those verses mention
> the ten statements of
> the covenant, not ten
> commands.

Okay, in that case, there don’t exist ten
“commandments” at all. Ten “utterances” or “matters,”
yes. But *commandments*, no.

It might be popular Christian (or even Jewish) belief
that there were "ten commandments." However, such a
view does not exist among those better informed.
Agreed?

> As a legal document, the
> covenant has its first
> statement identifying the
> parties to it. Then I read
> this particular legal
> document as having nine
> commands following its
> introductory statement.

. . .Which was uniformly classified within the Torah
as “MYRBDH TR&(“ (ASERET HADVARIM)—with the number
“ten” receiving prominence. Therefore any stabs at
*nine* (by you or anyone else) are inorganic to the
text(s) of the Torah.

KOL TUV,
-- Michael Millier


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