Ten Commandments Word Search
The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Bible, in Exodus chapter twenty and Deuteronomy chapter five, with small differences in wording. Jewish and Christian traditions number them in slightly different ways.
Ten Commandments word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- egypt
- father
- holy
- honor
- moses
- mother
- obey
- rest
- steal
- stone
Ten Commandments word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- egypt
- father
- holy
- honor
- idol
- law
- moses
- mother
- obey
- rest
- sabbath
- sinai
- steal
- stone
- tablets
Ten Commandments word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- covet
- egypt
- father
- holy
- honor
- idol
- israel
- law
- moses
- mother
- neighbor
- obey
- rest
- sabbath
- sinai
- steal
- stone
- tablets
- witness
- worship
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Words in the Ten Commandments word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- moses
- Received the commandments on stone tablets at Sinai.
- obey
- To do what the commandments tell you to do.
- honor
- The fifth commandment tells children to honor their parents.
- mother
- Named alongside father in the commandment about parents.
- father
- Honoring him carries a promise of long life in the land.
- rest
- The sabbath commandment sets one day apart for rest.
- holy
- Set apart, the word used of the sabbath day.
- steal
- The eighth commandment forbids taking what belongs to others.
- stone
- The commandments were cut into two stone tablets.
- egypt
- Israel had just left slavery there before reaching Sinai.
- idol
- The second commandment forbids making idols for worship.
- law
- Another name for the commandments given to Israel.
- sabbath
- Seventh day kept free of work and given to worship.
- tablets
- Two flat stones carrying the ten sayings.
- sinai
- Desert mountain where Moses received the commandments.
- israel
- Nation that received the commandments after leaving Egypt.
- neighbor
- Person nearby, protected by the last five commandments.
- worship
- The first commandment allows worship of God alone.
- witness
- The ninth commandment forbids false witness against a neighbor.
- covet
- The tenth commandment warns against wanting another's things.
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