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Q42. What is the sum of the ten commandments?

The sum of the ten commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.

Scripture Proofs — King James Version

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Matthew 22:37–40

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Commentary — Thomas Vincent (1674)

Question 1. In how many tables were the ten commandments at first written?

Answer. The ten commandments were at first written by God himself on the mount, and given unto Moses in two tables of stone, Deut. 10:1-2-4. "At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and I will write on the tables the words which were in the first tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments."

Question 2. What is the comprehensive duty of the ten commandments, written on these tables?