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In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss the 10th Commandment and its implications on desire and morality.

The 10 Commandments E13 — We’ve arrived at the 10th and final commandment, which feels very different from all the ones that came before it: “Do not desire … anything that belongs to your neighbor.” While most translations use the word “covet,” we simply find khamad, which is the general Hebrew word for desire. All the other commandments involve observable actions, but desire is entirely internal. So why does God warn us about desiring things that belong to our neighbor? In this episode, Jon and Tim finish the 10 Commandments by showing how this command works as an undercurrent beneath all the others.

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Hosts: Jon, Tim

Topics covered

• 10th Commandment
• desire
• coveting
• internal actions
• neighbor's possessions
• moral teachings

Keywords

• 10th Commandment
• desire
• covet
• neighbor
• moral teachings
• internal actions
• Hebrew

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