The real Ten Commandments should inclide the words "Thou should not even think of ..."
In other words Though should not even think of believing in other God's, or Thou should not even think to covet thy neighbours wife and so on.
God is saying even to think of doing something is just as bad as doing it.
The stones with the Ten Commandments are believed to be located in the Ark of the Covenant, which according to the biblical account, was kept in the inner sanctum of the Tabernacle and later in the Temple of Jerusalem. However, the physical whereabouts of the Ark and the stones are unknown.
Ark of the Covenant (Aron Habrit in Hebrew).
the ten commandments was for the people who believed in god.
They are a fundamental pillar of civilization.
Moses
The commandment forbidding adultery
Th ten commandment
The ten commandments is not a code of law.
Some synagogues, but not all, incorporate the Ten Commandments, or some symbolic representation, in the design or decoration of the building's exterior, interior, or sanctuary; but there is no religious commandment to do so. It is perfectly acceptable if the Ten Commandments are only found within the text of the Torah, either in the scroll kept in the ark, or in the books used during some services, that contain the Torah's text.
They are called the ten matters or "asarah dibrot" (עשרה דיברות)
because it's what the bible tells them to do.
The ten commandment and golden rule!