your choice my choice: Most of the Ten Commandments take the form of absolute law, (quotation marks mine otherwise the two words are in darker contrast/print) also termed apodictic law. The commands, in other words, are unconditional. They apply with no ifs, ands, , or buts. Even though most of these commands are negative in form ( do not do this), this does not imply that Gods requirements were oppressively restrictive. In fact, they merely placed certain general types of actions and attitudes out of bounds. Beyond that they leave a wider range of latitude for freedom of action. They were certainly not perceived as oppressive by the Israelites, who found delight in Gods law (for example, see Psalms 1 and 119). Although cast in the negative, they can be considered general policy statements which were intended to shape the broader religious and moral character of the nation. (P 151: Reading the Old Testament...An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Second Edition...Barry L Bandstra)
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