The Decalogue found in St. Mary's
In a clean-up of the Vestry in St. Mary's the decalogue that once graced the East Wall of the Nave (either side of
the Chancel Arch) was found.
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According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, told by Moses
to the Israelites in
Exodus 19:25 and inscribed by the finger of God on two tablets of stone.
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The wording on the Belchamp Walter Decalogue
Seeing how the "original" text from the Torah
Different religious traditions categorize the seventeen verses of Exodus 20:1–17 and their parallels in Deuteronomy
5:4–21 into ten commandments in different ways as shown in the table. Some suggest that the number
ten is a choice to aid memorization rather than a matter of theology.[26][27]
