English-Dutch translations for ten commandments

• tien geboden
  Of neem de tien geboden: daar wordt met weinig woorden heel veel gezegd. Or look at the Ten Commandments. They say much in few words.
  Ten behoeve van financieel gewin, worden de universele normen van de bijbelse tien geboden met voeten getreden. The universal principles of the Ten Commandments are flouted for the sake of profit.
  Mag ik er even aan herinneren dat Mozes bij de tien geboden aan 180 woorden genoeg had? I would remind you that Moses managed to write the Ten Commandments in a mere 180 words.

Definition of ten commandments

• A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were given from God to Moses on Mount Sinai inscribed on two stone tablets

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