The Ten Commandments Stone

The transcribed text of the stones,
including the 11th commandment

It is difficult to see punctuation marks.

 

Left-hand stone

I AM
Ex. 3 14
THE LORD THY GOD
I
THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER
GODS BUT ME
II
THOU SHALT NOT MAKE TO THYSELF
ANY GRAVEN IMAGES NOR THE
LIKENESS OF ANYTHING THAT IS IN
IN HEAVEN ABOVE OR IN THE EARTH
BELOW OR IN THE WATER UNDER THE
EARTH. THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN TO
THEM NOR WORSHIP THEM FOR I THE LORD
THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD AND VISIT
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN
UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION
OF THEM THAT HATE ME AND SHEW MERCY UNTO
THOUSANDS IN THEM THAT LOVE ME AND KEEP
MY COMMANDMENTS
III
THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY
GOD IN VAIN FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM
GUILTY AS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN
IV
REMEMBER THAT THOU KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY
SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR AND DO ALL THAT THOU
HAST TO DO BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF
THE LORD THY GOD IN IT THOU SHALT DO NO MANNER
OF WORK THOU AND THY SON AND SERVANT THY CATTLE
AND THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES FOR IN
SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH THE SEA
AND ALL THAT IN THEM AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY
WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY
AND HALLOWED IT
                                     

DECEMBER 15TH 1927            JUNE 14TH 1928
                                     

JOB 33 v 14
BUT THERE'S A POWER WHICH MAN CAN WIELD
WHEN MORTAL AID IS VAIN
THAT EYE THAT ARM THAT LOVE TO REACH
THAT LISTENING EAR TO GAIN
THAT POWER IS PRAYER
 

Right-hand stone

V
HONOUR THY FATHER
AND THY MOTHER THAT
THY DAYS MAY BE LONG
IN THE LAND WHICH
THE LORD THY GOD
GIVETH THEE
VI
THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER
VII
THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY
VIII
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
IX
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE
WITNESS AGAINST THY
NEIGHBOUR
X
THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY
NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE THOU
SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR'S
WIFE NOR HIS SERVANT NOR HIS
MAID NOR HIS OX NOR HIS ASS
                                     

DEUTERONOMY 4 vv 2  6  8
                                     

A NEW COMMANDMENT
I
GIVE UNTO YOU
THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER
JOHN 13 v 34

BEFORE THE HILLS IN ORDER STOOD
OR EARTH RECEIVED HER FRAME
FROM EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD
TO ENDLESS YEARS THE SAME
 

 

 

 

 

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