Why does god gave the Ten Commandments?

Answer 1

The laws were brought into existence so that mankind would have guidelines to which he could live by if he wished to return to the presence of God. God wants all of His children to return to Him. He also understands that we are ignorant of His laws, and so the basic laws to which we were capapable of keeping were given. One must read between the lines if we are to fully understand the meaning of all of the commandments. One way of giving them more meaning is to add the words "Do not even think..." i.e Do not even think of not loving thy neighbour.

Answer 2

They had forgotten the meaning of the one he had given them previously...."Love the Lord your God with all your heart....and your neighbor as yourself." So he had to spell it out for them in more detail. The first four of the Ten Commandments tells us how to show love to God, the last six tell us how to show love to our fellowmen.

Answer 3

God gave Moses the ten commandments so that they would follow the law of god, which was set on the two stone tablets, but as Moses was collecting the stones, the Israelites were breaking the first command of not to have other gods, or idol worship.

Answer 4

The Ten Commandments were the basis of Hebrew law. Four of them have to do with our attitude toward God; six, with our attitude toward fellow human beings. Jesus condensed them into two: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself". Reverence for God is the basis for the Ten Commandments. Jesus indicated that He considered it the most basic and essential quality in man's approach to God and made it the first petition in the Lord's prayer; "Hallowed by your name".

Answer 5

The Ten Commandments are a pillar of Western civilization. They have improved the conduct of billions of people. These Commandments are so important that God revealed His presence to the entire Israelite nation when He spoke these Commands. And He inscribed them in stone (Deuteronomy ch.9); unlike the rest of the Torah, which He had Moses write (Deuteronomy 31:24).

What would Western society look like without these Commandments?

1) "I am the Lord your God..." has shaped the Western beliefs about God. Pantheism and polytheism, which were excuses for immorality, are out.
2) The 7-day week, including a day of rest for everyone, is thanks to the Fourth Commandment.
3) Without the Fifth Commandment, society might still permit abandoning our aged parents to die.

4) Without the Sixth Commandment, we might still be killing our own children, as was done in Classical European nations until Judaism and its daughter-religions put a stop to it. The above are just a few examples.

Answer 6

The only way people can be happy is to have and live by a code of behavior that teaches us how to get along with one another. The 10 Commandments is just such a code.

Answer 7

Since they came from God, only he can know.

Answer 8

because 9 wasnt enough

Answer 9

Simple, God write the ten commandments because he want his people to walk in his law,God wanted that they should not walk in way which seems right in their own eye.

Answer 10

For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. - Romans 3:20