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The Israelites used the Jewish Ten Commandments as the basis for their legal system.

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What did the Israelites credit when delivering the ten commandments?

This question makes no sense. The Israelites never delivered the Ten Commandments to non-Israelites either physically (i.e. gave them tablets or papers) or orally (in speeches or conversation). Jews traditionally credit God with the delivery of the Ten Commandments to the Jewish people, but this is something else entirely.


What holiday celebrates the presentation of the Ten Commandments by God to the Israelites?

Shavuot ("Weeks"), seven weeks after Passover.


Which of these statements describes the Jewish Ten Commandments?

They established codes of conduct that God expected his followers to obey.


How did the Israelites receiving the Ten Commandments?

The Torah (Exodus ch.19) states explicitly that God dictated them directly to the assembled Jewish nation, 3324 years ago.


Why can you say that the ten commandments are not necessarily specific to judaism?

God gave them to the Israelites (Exodus ch.19-20). Later, certain other nations recognized the importance of the Ten Commandments and adopted them (along with some additional Jewish concepts).


Which of these statements accurately describes one of the Jewish Ten Commandments?

One of the Jewish Ten Commandments is "You shall not murder," which prohibits the intentional taking of another person's life.


Who are the israelites of today?

The Jewish people are descendants of the Israelites.


How did the Ottomans influence the israelites?

They didn't. The Ottomans arrived in Anatolia and the Levant in the mid 1200s C.E. The Israelites had been replaced by the Judeans (as a political and religious grouping) by the mid 600s B.C.E. and the Judeans had been exiled from Judea by 70 C.E. The Ottomans had positive relations with the Jewish communities (especially relative to contemporaneous civilizations) but had no influence on the Israelites.


How did the ten connmandemdt reflect Jewish beliefs?

The commandments were given to Moses and actually there were 600 commandments before the Catholic Church made it 10 in the Middle Ages. These commandments were given to the Jewish people.


How many commandments did the Torah have?

The Torah did have, and still has, 613 commandments, according to Jewish tradition.


Is the ten commandments the beginning of Jewish history?

No. Tradition holds that Jewish history began with Abraham, about 500 years before the giving of the 10 commandments.


What statement describes the Jewish ten commandments?

There are two slightly different versions of the 10 commandments, one in Exodus, one in Deuteronomy. Jews generally refer to the 10 statements, since some of the statements are not in the form of commandments. The 2 versions of the 10 commandments differ in whether we are commanded to keep the Sabbath or to Remember it. Jews believe that the 10 commandments are only binding on Jews, while the 7 Noachide commandments are binding on all mankind.