Ten Words Trivia

Gospel Games - Ten Words Trivia

Instructions: Look up the verses below and match the correct summary to the verse it describes. Each summary has a secret word next to it. Write that word in the blank next to the verse it belongs to.

Verses Summaries
1. Exodus 20:3 *my neighbor’s right to life (words)
2. Exodus 20:4-6 *my neighbor’s right to secure existence in community (love)
3. Exodus 20:7 * God’s right to exclusive allegiance (Decalogue)
4. Exodus 20:8-11 * my parents’ right to respect (ten)
5. Exodus 20:12 * God’s right to people’s time (the)
6. Exodus 20:13 * my neighbor’s right to secure marriage (decalogos)
7. Exodus 20:14 * my neighbor’s right to personal property (covenant)
8. Exodus 20:15 * God’s right to self definition (aseret)
9. Exodus 20:16 * God’s right to proper representation by God’s people(haddebarim)
10. Exodus 20:17 * my neighbor’s right to an honest court hearing(10 commandments)

Faith Facts

Now that you have connected the summaries with the verses they belong to, you know where the secret words go. Write the ten secret words in the blanks below.

Although many refer to the 1. as the Ten Commandments, this is unfortunate for several reasons. First, it obscures the fact that this is not what the Old Testament calls them. Whenever it is referred to by title, it is identified as 2. , 3, ,4. , 5. , 6. ,(Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13). This sense is captured precisely in the Greek word 7. .

Second, in both the original context in which the Decalogue was given and Moses’ remembrance of the event in Deut. 4:12, the Decalogue is presented as a set of spoken words rather than a written set of laws. Third, 8. obscures the fact that the Decalogue is a 9. document, whose form follows ancient Near Eastern treaty tradition. Fourth, as a code of laws, the Decalogue is virtually unenforceable. For all these reasons, although the ten statements are in the form of commands, we should follow the lead of the Biblical text and refer to them as the “Ten Words/ Declarations,” the ten fundamental principals of covenant relationship. The stipulations revealed in the “Book of the Covenant”, “the Holiness Code”, and other parts of the Pentateuch represent clarifications and applications of these principles. The Decalogue may legitimately be inter-preted as a Bill of Rights, perhaps the world’s first Bill of Rights. Yet, unlike modern bills of rights, this document seeks not to secure my rights but to protect the rights of others, most notably the Lord’s. The first four statements protect the rights of the covenant with the Lord; the last six statements protect the rights of the people, the covenant community. The Decalogue calls on the redeemed to respond to the grace they have experienced in salvation with covenant commitment—first to God—and then to oth-ers. This is the essence of 10. as understood in both the Old and New Testaments. Matthew 22:37-40.

It is my constant prayer that through the studying of the Word, you will be encouraged and renewed by the Lord. God Bless you all. Romans 10:17.

With Love in Christ,

Kingdom Kid

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