The Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God on stone and stored IN the Ark of the Covenant.
> Deuteronomy 10:2 KJV
> And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
The ceremonial laws were written by Moses on parchment and stored BESIDE the Ark of the Covenant.
> Deuteronomy 31:26 KJV
> Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
There is a clear distinction between the two.
> Mark 12:30-31 KJV
> And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
There isn't any question about the two great commandments as they are identical in all the gospels where they are mentioned. There also isn't any question because Jesus was just quoting the first law from Deuteronomy and the second law follows rather strictly as a subset of the first law (love people as much as God loves people).
> Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV
> And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
This is also enshrined in the Ten Commandments themselves. The first 4 talk about how God wants to be worshipped. The last 6 talk about how God wants us to treat each other. Interestingly, when you compare text size the split seems about even and would indicate the first 4 commandments were on one stone tablet and the other 6 were on the other tablet.
Here's where we see Jesus mention 5 of the 6 commandments about people.
> Matthew 19:18-19 KJV
> He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
He didn't mention coveting OR the commandments about God for a reason. This man was covetous. Because of this, he also wasn't honoring God. Jesus tells the man what he lacks by telling him to sell all his things and thus eliminate his covetous problem to which the man goes away unwilling to part with his riches.
This doesn't mean Jesus didn't believe coveting was ok. He calls it out by name in at least two other gospels.
> Luke 12:15 KJV
> And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
> Mark 7:22 KJV
> Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
The Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God on stone and stored IN the Ark of the Covenant.
> Deuteronomy 10:2 KJV > And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
The ceremonial laws were written by Moses on parchment and stored BESIDE the Ark of the Covenant.
> Deuteronomy 31:26 KJV > Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
There is a clear distinction between the two.
> Mark 12:30-31 KJV > And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
There isn't any question about the two great commandments as they are identical in all the gospels where they are mentioned. There also isn't any question because Jesus was just quoting the first law from Deuteronomy and the second law follows rather strictly as a subset of the first law (love people as much as God loves people).
> Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV > And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
This is also enshrined in the Ten Commandments themselves. The first 4 talk about how God wants to be worshipped. The last 6 talk about how God wants us to treat each other. Interestingly, when you compare text size the split seems about even and would indicate the first 4 commandments were on one stone tablet and the other 6 were on the other tablet.
Here's where we see Jesus mention 5 of the 6 commandments about people.
> Matthew 19:18-19 KJV > He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
He didn't mention coveting OR the commandments about God for a reason. This man was covetous. Because of this, he also wasn't honoring God. Jesus tells the man what he lacks by telling him to sell all his things and thus eliminate his covetous problem to which the man goes away unwilling to part with his riches.
This doesn't mean Jesus didn't believe coveting was ok. He calls it out by name in at least two other gospels.
> Luke 12:15 KJV > And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
> Mark 7:22 KJV > Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: