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The Commandments which Moses was to pass on to the Jewish people,
can be divided into groups in different ways:
  • A1 The written commandments
  • A2 The oral commandments.

  • B1 The commandments associated with the worship of G'd.
  • B2 and the commandments, which govern all relationships between people.

  • C1 The commandments, which everyone can apply and
  • C2 the commandments, which are especially meant for the temple services,
    to be carried out by the Levites, the priestly tribe.

  • D1 The commandments adopted by Christianity.
  • D2 The commandments, which are fundamentally changed or denied in Christianity.
  • D3 The commandments that Islam has adopted.
  • D4 The commandments, which are fundamentally changed or denied in Islam.
  • D5 The commandments, which have taken over in European laws.
  • D6 The commandments, which have been fundamentally amended in Dutch and European law or denied.
  • D7 The commandments, which Europe has adopted as general standards of decency.
  • D8 The commandments, which Europe has adopted in amended form as general norms of decency.
  • D9 The specifically Jewish rules.

  • E The commandments logically ordered by subject.
The Jewish scholars, rabbis, usually speak of ' do's and don'ts '.
For example, they call "You shall not kill" a prohibition.
To my taste, this is a commandment. But that's just a linguistic problem.