Seventh Commandment
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“For starters, there’s the Seventh Commandment: If you steal something, you have to give it back,” Pope Francis explained.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
“Exodus 20:14, the Seventh Commandment, simply says, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2018
The “Wicked Bible” omits one crucial word from the Seventh Commandment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2017
Under dim lights in a grand hall of the great Folger Shakespeare Library lies the “Wicked Bible,” called so because it omits one distinctly important word from the Seventh Commandment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2011
Whether by accident or intention, a printer of the Bible in the reign of Charles I. omitted the important negative in the Seventh Commandment.
From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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