Pentateuch
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments represented a new creation: the gift of law bringing order to the chaos of human affairs. Depicted along the top of the composition are the burning bush, the first Passover, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Isreal. God’s words are arrayed across the top in gold letters. The lower half of the page contains the stenciled letters of the Ten Commandments, overlapping and leaving behind the symbols of polytheism in the background.
Exodus 12:45 to 14:9, Scribe: Sue Hufton; Ten Commandments; Thomas Ingmire; Exodus 19:23 to 21:18, Scribe: Sue Hufton; Exodus 12:6-44, Scribe: Sue Hufton; Hebrew Lettering: Izzy Pludwinski, ©2003 The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Catholic Edition, © 1993, 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Offset Lithograph, high-quality 10-micron stochastic hybrid printing with fade-resistant ultraviolet inks, silver and gold foils, on acid-free uncoated 100% archival cotton Monadnock paper.