Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. We are pledging in these commandments our allegiance to be loyal, obedient and respect God.ģ. The Israelites needed them to become a strong nation amid all the people around them who worshipped idols. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images. You shall have no other God’s before me.Ģ. God was forming a Holy Nation prepared to live for and serve Him. He also provided the blueprint for building a Tabernacle. Moses then led them to Mount Saini where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, as well as the other laws for right living. God had chosen Moses to deliver his people from the bondage of slavery in Egypt by parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could cross to freedom.ġ Corinthians 7:31: For this world in its present form is passing away.
The children in Weekday Religious Education are memorizing the Ten Commandments, written about in Exodus 20: 3-17.
