10 Commandments Bible Study

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Christianity Oasis provides this 10 Commandments Bible study on Moses and the 10 Commandments story. We'll look into that and all aspects of the Bible seeking truth, understanding and peace.


Daily Bread Devotional Bible Study
The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus
Chapter 20


10 Commandments Bible Study

Moses and the Ten Commandments Story

Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our 10 Commandments Bible Study taking a look into the Moses and the 10 Commandments story and how it affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.

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Moses and the Ten Commandments Story Explained

Daily Bread is pleased to have you join us at Mount Sinai, where the children of Israel have been sanctifying themselves for the last two days, getting ready to hear God speak to Moses. He told Moses that He would be in a thick cloud on the mountain and the people would hear when He spoke to Moses and believe him for ever.

There must have been an awful lot of emotion in the camp at that time. Picture to yourself standing at the foot of a mountain that is quaking and covered in a thick dark cloud of smoke, and you're waiting to hear the voice of God in your ears. You feel scared, guilty, amazed, humbled, ashamed, hopeful, apprehensive, whew! The one thing you do know is that what you don't want to do is step over the boundaries that Moses set up around the mount or you know that God will destroy you.

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Moses and the Ten Commandments Story Heard

God spoke all these words to the people:

Exodus 20:2-17

2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

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Moses and the Ten Commandments Story on Laws

Do you know anyone who hasn't broken any of these commandments? You could probably talk yourself into a pretty good guilt trip if you were to sit and ponder on these but it's important to look at things from different points of view, as we've found out many times already in our stories so far. Here are a few things to keep in mind. Our lives are among other things, a test to see what we will choose.

Never never never forget, that our Father isn't sitting up in Heaven waiting for His children to mess up. He is all about Grace. And He sacrificed His Son, Our Savior Jesus Christ to redeem us from sin ... That is how much He loves us.

God gives us free will to choose whatever we please. Take Adam and Eve. They were pure. They didn't know of worldly things. They had no worries about money, food, shelter, crime, weather, children, etc. Everything was perfect, and Satan didn't have any problem deceiving them with less than 50 words. We learned about how the fallen angels failed their test and God doesn't want any of His other Angels or potential Angels to follow in their footsteps.

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Moses and the Ten Commandments Story Warnings

God saw that even after he wiped out humanity except for Noah and his family with the Great Flood, there was still evil lurking on the earth. The Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, etc., etc., etc. It was time for laws to live by and the Ten Commandments are God's laws to help us live righteously so we don't fall like so many did before us.

Does it make you sit up straight in your chair with admiration because God said, I the Lord your God am a jealous God? Does it make you proud and respectful of His boldness, strength, insistence, honesty, and integrity? His character is so genuine and filled with truth. It must have been overwhelming to the people because with the thunder and lightning, the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, they backed up and stood far off. God's presence frightened them. They said to Moses in fear, If you talk to us we'll listen, but don't let God speak to us for fear that we'll die.

Moses answered, Don't be afraid. God has come to test you so that His fear will be in front of your eyes and you won't sin. They stayed far away and Moses went into the thick darkness where God was. The Lord said to him, Say this to the children of Israel. You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. You will not make from me gods of silver, or for you, gods of gold. You will make for me an altar of earth and will sacrifice burnt offerings of your sheep and oxen on it. In all the places where I write my name, I will come to you and bless you. And if you will make me an altar of stone, don't build it of cut stone, because if you lift up a tool on it, you have made it unclean. Neither will you go up by steps to my altar.

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Moses and the Ten Commandments Story Conclusion

So the people heard God speak the Ten Commandments to them, and their fear compelled them to beg Moses to ask God to talk with him instead of directly to them.

We're already halfway through the book of Exodus with many more interesting things to learn ahead of us. Many people think that the Ten Commandments are the only laws of God, but we'll learn about many others as we press on with our study of Exodus. Join us next time and we'll talk about more of them in your Daily Bread.