Deut 31, 24-26 Take this scroll of the law

Deuteronomy 31 (chosen pages)

(Deut 31, 24-26) Take this scroll of the law

[24] When Moses had finished writing out on a scroll the words of the law in their entirety, [25] he gave the Levites who carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD this order: [26] Take this scroll of the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD, your God, that there it may be a witness against you.

(CCC 2056) The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words" (Rom Ex 34:28; Deut 4:13; 10:4). God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God" (Ex 31:18; Deut 5:22), unlike the other commandments written by Moses (Cf. Deut 31:9-24). They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus (Cf. Ex 20:1-17) and Deuteronomy (Cf. Deut 5:6-22). Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books refer to the "ten words" (Cf. for example Hos 4:2; Jer 7:9; Ezek 18:5-9), but it is in the New Covenant in Jesus Christ that their full meaning will be revealed.