The Ten Commandments Quiz Flashcards

#1

On which mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?

📖 Exodus 20:1-2

#2

What is the first commandment according to Exodus 20?

📖 Exodus 20:3

#3

Which commandment requires remembering and keeping the Sabbath day holy?

📖 Exodus 20:8

#4

What does the fifth commandment instruct people to do?

📖 Exodus 20:12

#5

How many commandments specifically deal with relationships between people (rather than with God)?

📖 Exodus 20:12-17

#6

What prohibition is stated in the sixth commandment?

📖 Exodus 20:13

#7

What is prohibited in the ninth commandment?

📖 Exodus 20:16

#8

Which commandment deals with coveting your neighbor's possessions?

📖 Exodus 20:17

#2

You shall have no other gods before Me

The first commandment establishes monotheism and God's supreme authority by forbidding the worship of any god other than the one true God.

Exodus 20:3

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Mount Sinai

God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the two stone tablets inscribed with God's law.

Exodus 20:1-2

#4

Honor your father and mother

The fifth commandment explicitly states that people should honor their father and mother, establishing the principle of respect for parents and authority.

Exodus 20:12

#3

Fourth

The fourth commandment instructs people to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy, setting it apart as a day of rest.

Exodus 20:8

#6

You shall not murder

The sixth commandment prohibits murder, protecting the sanctity of human life as created in God's image.

Exodus 20:13

#5

Six

The last six commandments (5-10) deal with relationships between people: honoring parents, not murdering, not committing adultery, not stealing, not bearing false witness, and not coveting.

Exodus 20:12-17

#8

Tenth

The tenth commandment prohibits coveting anything that belongs to your neighbor, addressing the inward sin of envious desire.

Exodus 20:17

#7

Bearing false witness

The ninth commandment prohibits bearing false witness against your neighbor, establishing the importance of truth and honesty in legal and social matters.

Exodus 20:16

#9

What were the Ten Commandments written on according to Exodus 24:12?

📖 Exodus 24:12

#10

In Exodus 20, what does God say about making idols or carved images?

📖 Exodus 20:4-5

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#10

You shall not make them for worship

The second commandment forbids making carved images or idols to bow down to, protecting the proper worship of God without physical representations.

Exodus 20:4-5

#9

Tablets of stone

God wrote the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone with His finger, emphasizing the permanence and divine authority of the law.

Exodus 24:12

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