Holy Scripture

Exodus 20:13

A church father on this verse
“And that you may learn that we know this from the first, the Lawgiver, when He afterwards gave laws, and said, "Thou shalt not kill," did not add, "since murder is an evil thing," but simply said, "Thou shalt not kill;" for He merely prohibited the sin, without teaching. How was it then when He said, "Thou shalt not k…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES CONCERNING THE STATUES 12.9

Source: Septuagint

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13Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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11For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

12Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

— Exodus 20:13 —

14Thou shalt not steal.

15Thou shalt not kill.

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