What is Ten Commandments?
[[File:Moisey prorok ikona.jpg|thumb|Moses holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments. Eastern Orthodox icon from the 1590s.]] [[File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 079.jpg|thumb|right|''Moses smashing the Tables of the Law'' is a painting by [[Rembrandt van Rijn]]]] The '''Ten Commandments''' are a set of rules or laws. The [[Bible]] says that God gave them to the people of [[Israelites|Israel.]]<ref>({{bibleverse||Exodus|19:23|HE}}), {{cite web |url=http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/G-dAtSinai.htm |title=Did God speak at Mt. Sinai |accessdate=2008-07-21 |format= |work=SimpleToRemember.com |archive-date=2008-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922112622/http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/G-dAtSinai.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The commandments exist in different versions. One version can be found in the [[Book of Exodus]] of the [[Bible]]. Another version can be found in the [[Book of Deuteronomy]]. In the Book of Exodus, the mountain where they were given is called [[Biblical Mount Sinai|Mount Sinai]], the Book of Deuteronomy talks about Mount Horeb (the same Mount Horeb where God called Moses from the burning bush, Exodus 3:1-3).<ref>{{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|5:2|HE}}</ref> Both are probably names for the same mountain. The laws were written on stone tablets. These laws are important for [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]]. Countries which follow those religions often have some of the commandments as part of their [[Civil law]]s. Sometimes these rules are also called '''Decalogue''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]], can be translated as ''ten statements''). The name decalogue first occurs in the [[Septuagint]]. The Israelites received the commandments after they had left [[Egypt]] during the reign of [[Pharaoh]] [[Thutmose III]]. There are different [[Writing|text]]s talking about the commandments. Most of them are in the [[Bible]]: The Book of [[Exodus]], Chapter 20 and the book of [[Deuteronomy]], Chapter 5. The [[Qu'ran]] mentions the tablets but does not list exactly the same commandm