#Reign of kings map commands how to

Don’t do your usual work on the seventh day of each week - treat it as a special holy day (a ‘holiday’).ħ. Don’t misuse God’s name or do evil in God’s name.Ĥ. Don’t make anything or anyone into an idol - and don’t worship them.ģ. They have formed an effective guide to godly living for over three thousand years:ġ.

#Reign of kings map commands how to

These instructions cover both the religious and the secular aspects of life – how to worship God and how to live in harmony with family, friends and the rest of society. Scholars refer to them as the 'Decalogue'. God’s guidelines for righteous living are known as the ‘Ten Commandments’. They, for their part, agreed to follow in God’s ways. In this agreement or ‘covenant’, God promised to bless the Israelites. These guidelines formed part of the solemn covenant agreement (or ‘testament’) between the Israelites and God (also known as ‘The Law’ or ‘The Law of Moses’). When God spoke to Moses on Mt Sinai in c1446BC, he gave Moses a set of ten guidelines by which the Israelites could live their lives in a way pleasing to God.

(See the feature on Mt Sinaiearlier in this section.) Gebel Mousa - the 'Mountain of Moses' (Muhammed Moussa)Įx 20:1-26 On the third day, Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mt Sinai (near to where God appeared to Moses in the burning bush some six years earlier – see Exodus 3:1). They spend two days preparing to meet God at the ‘mountain of God’ (known as Mt Horeb, Mt Sinai or Gebal Mousa – The ‘Mountain of Moses’). Moses appoints judges to hear the Israelites’ minor grievances.Įx 19:1-25 Exactly three months after leaving Egypt, the Israelites reach the Sinai Desert. Ex 18:1-27 Jethro – Moses’ father-in-law - visits Moses as the Israelites pass through Midian en route to Mt Horeb (see 8 on Map 44).