Lord, thy God," corresponds to the sixth: "Thou shalt not kill," for
the murderer slays the image of God. The second: "Thou shalt
have no strange gods before me," corresponds to the seventh:
"Thou shalt not commit adultery," for conjugal faithlessness is as
grave a sin as idolatry, which is faithlessness to God. The third
commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain,"
corresponds to the eighth: "Thou shalt not steal," for theft leads to
false oath. The fourth commandment: "Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy," corresponds to the ninth: "Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor," for he who bears false witness
against his neighbor commits as grave a sin as if he had borne false
witness against God, saying that He had not created the world in
six days and rested on the seventh, the Sabbath. The fifth
commandment: "Honor thy father and thy mother," corresponds to
the tenth: "Covet not thy neighbor's wife," for one who indulges
this lust produces children who will not honor their true father, but
will consider a stranger their father. [236]

The Ten Commandments, which God first revealed on Mount
Sinai, correspond in their character to the ten words of which He
had made use at the creation of the world. The first
commandment: "I am the Lord, thy God," corresponds to the first
word at the creation: "Let there be light," for God is the eternal
light. The second commandment: "Thou shalt have no strange gods
before me," corresponds to the second word: "Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters
from the waters." For God said: "Choose between Me and the
idols; between Me, the fountain of living waters, and the idols, the
stagnant waters." The third commandment: "Thou shalt not take
the name of thy God in vain" corresponds to the word: "Let the