Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments, also called the Decalogue, are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given by God to Moses. The text of t
This 1768 parchment by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Ten Commandments at the Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue
1896 illustration depicting Moses receiving the commandments
Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659) by Rembrandt
The Ten Commandments as they appear in a Torah scroll
Ark of the Covenant
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The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites.
Ten Commandments
…the law, which he later broke in anger after witnessing the worship of a golden calf, and then received a second set of tablets to be placed in the Ark of the Covenant. Scholars have proposed a range of dates and contexts for the origins of the Decalogue. Interpretations of its content vary widely, reflecting debates…
Moses and Joshua bowing before the Ark (c. 1900) by James Tissot
Ark of the chapelle de l'Adoration (Église Saint-Roch, Paris).
The Philistine captivity of the Ark depicted in the Dura-Europos synagogue
Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant by Benjamin West, 1800