Aggada -- Translations into English; Bible. Old Testament -- Legends; Jewish legends; Midrash -- Translations into English
deceived husband leaves his whole property to one who is not his son,
so that the adulterer robs him of his possessions as well as of his
wife. [235]
THE UNITY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
The Ten Commandments are so closely interwoven, that the breaking of
one leads to the breaking of another. But there is a particularly
strong bond of union between the first five commandments, which are
written on one table, and the last five, which were on the other table.
The first commandment: "I am the Lord, thy God," corresponds to the
sixth: "Thou shalt not kill," for the murderer slays the image of God.
The second: "Thou shalt have no strange gods before me," corresponds to
the seventh: "Thou shalt not commit adultery," for conjugal
faithlessness is as grave a sin as idolatry, which is faithlessness to
God. The third commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
in vain," corresponds to the eighth: "Thou shalt not steal," for theft
leads to false oath. The fourth commandment: "Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy," corresponds to the ninth: "Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbor," for he who bears false witness against
his neighbor commits as grave a sin as if he had borne false witness
against God, saying that He had not created the world in six days and
rested on the seventh, the Sabbath. The fifth commandment: "Honor thy
father and thy mother," corresponds to the tenth: "Covet not thy
neighbor's wife," for one who indulges this lust produces children who
will not honor their true father, but will consider a stranger their
father. [236]
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