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Seventh Commandment

American  

noun

  1. “Thou shalt not commit adultery”: seventh of the Ten Commandments.


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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

A. The Seventh Commandment forbids all unjust taking or keeping what belongs to another.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead

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