Philosophy

The "10 commandments" is extraordinarily arbitrary. It's not how the text reads at all, nor how it is generally practiced.

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1st, there are two full sets. Exodus 20 reads a bit more like a decalogue, but Deuteronomy 5 doesn't; it's a prologue of sorts into the Torah.

2nd, impossible to break just one. By breaking any, the first - no other gods - is broken. a cohesive set.

Deut. 5:30 refers to the "the whole commandment" - singular.

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Lastly, and more importantly IMO, the 10 commandments are not the entirety of Judeo-Christian living. 

Both texts (OT & NT) are clear: loving God (no idols) and loving people (seeking Harmony - aka shalom) are the primary directives for what it means to be a human in alignment.

Titling a subset of the Torah as the Top 10 is misleading: 

• "if I don't murder, then I'm a good person"
• "If I don't steal, then I'm a good person"

When in reality, i̶f̶ when we have idols, or i̶f̶ when we live out of harmony with others, then we are falling short.

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Fourth, the pericopes (the section headings) in Scripture, while I believe they are divinely guided, they are not at the same level as the rest of the text, and are meant to aid in a cursory reading, but not intended to guide deeper study - the text itself is the "meat".