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This table shows variant verse numberings for the Ten Commandments in Exodus and Deuteronomy. It's relevant to my 2023-05-24 comment on Talk:Ten Commandments.

Christian numbering is used by:

Hebrew numbering is used by:

  • The Hebrew Bible: Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5
  • The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah: First English Translation (which in my comment I abbreviated as ISVT): Exodus 20 (I have been unable to convince Google Books to show me the relevant Deuteronomy page from this source)
Content Exodus Deuteronomy Notes
Christian Hebrew Christian Hebrew
Honour parents 12 12 16 16
Kill 13 13 17 17
Adultery 14 18
Steal 15 19
False witness 16 20
Covet 17 14 21 18
Erect stones follows 17 follows 14 follows 21 (follows 18?) Only in Samaritan Pentateuch
(Resume narrative) 18 15 22 19