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1693·The Common Faith
Question 35 of 61
A Catechism for Babes, or, Little Ones

How many Commandments are there in the Law?

Answer

There are ten Commandments in the Law (; ).

Read the 2 proof texts (KJV)
Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:4
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.