Ethiopian Orthodox has a different 10 commandments than Catholic / Protestant. How can this be when they all have the same Bible (Exodus)? Maybe it's not the same. I don't see chapter headings and verse numbers in the picture above. That's something that translators have added to influence readers toward their own interpretation.
If the translators' opinions were taken away, the Bible books would be very different-- they would be original text. And it would have a big impact. Readers might see "The 10 Commandments" in Exodus 34:28 written on stone tablets and think those were it, instead of Exodus 20 where we've been taught.
The Ethiopian Orthodox share the same 10 commandments the Protestants do...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS አስርቱ ተእዛዛት
I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make any graven image.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and mother.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet.
ከእኔ በቀር ሌሎች አማልክት አይሁኑልህ።
በላይ በሰማይ ካለው፥ በታችም በምድር ካለው፥ ከምድርም በታች በውኃ ካለው ነገር የማናቸውንም ምሳሌ፥ የተቀረጸውንም ምስል ለአንተ አታድርግ።
የእግዚአብሔርን የአምላክህን ስም በከንቱ አትጥራ
የሰንበትን ቀን ትቀድሰው ዘንድ አስብ
አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር
አትግደል
አታመንዝር
አትስረቅ
በሐሰት አትመስክር
የባልንጀራህን ቤት አትመኝ
The Word is the same. I agree about the chapter and verse markings being biased, but you can learn to read the text without those in mind, and it's not going to change the meaning.
Ethiopian Orthodox has a different 10 commandments than Catholic / Protestant. How can this be when they all have the same Bible (Exodus)? Maybe it's not the same. I don't see chapter headings and verse numbers in the picture above. That's something that translators have added to influence readers toward their own interpretation.
If the translators' opinions were taken away, the Bible books would be very different-- they would be original text. And it would have a big impact. Readers might see "The 10 Commandments" in Exodus 34:28 written on stone tablets and think those were it, instead of Exodus 20 where we've been taught.
The Ethiopian Orthodox share the same 10 commandments the Protestants do...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS አስርቱ ተእዛዛት
(ኦሪት ዘፃአት 20:2-17)
https://nybeaataeotc.org/ten-commandments
It's the Catholics who removed the 2nd commandment against graven images and split the 10th commandment into two parts to obfuscate that fact.
The Word is the same. I agree about the chapter and verse markings being biased, but you can learn to read the text without those in mind, and it's not going to change the meaning.