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[โ€“] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_covet

The images of their gods you're to burn in the fire. Don't covet the silver and gold on them, and don't take it for yourselves, or you'll be ensnared by it, for it's detestable to the LORD your God. Don't bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Utterly abhor and detest it, for it's set apart for destruction.

-- Deuternonmy

I think this is the more specific "author" of 10 commandments

[โ€“] jameseb@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Certainly there are commands not to covet the idols of the nations, but the verses you quoted come from Deuteronomy 7:25-26, where the context is giving instructions for when the Israelites enter the land, rather than commentary on the 10th commandment. If anything, it is more an application of the 1st and 2nd commandments. The account of the 10 commandments in Deuteronomy appears earlier, in 5:6-21, where Moses is quoting the commandments given in Exodus 20:1-17 by way of reminder to the new generation that is about to enter the promised land without him. The command not to covet is generally understood as having broader application than just not coveting idols.