• andrewth09@lemmy.world
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    They broke the 10th commandment into two commandments. There should have been a semicolon after 10a, not a new line.

    (10a) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house.

    (10b) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s."

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          My understanding is “neighbor” is mostly a mistranslation. It’s really referring to people within your tribe. Don’t fuck with people who are in your group basically, in order to keep the peace. Outsiders are fair game.

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      nor his manservant, nor his maidservant

      “Slaves” in the original, but of course we can’t allow any hint of three thousand year old shit not being strictly relevant any more.

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        Oh don’t worry, that revision is just waiting for SCOTUS to give them enough cover.