The REAL Story of the origin of the TEN COMMANDMENTS

While everyone talks about the famous 10 Commandments, few people
know the real story of their origin, only recently discovered by
archeologists in the Middle East. 

God was traveling in the Middle East, when He saw the King of
Assyria, and asked  "Do you want some Commandments?"

King: "What are they?"
God: "Rules to live by"
King: I don't understand. Give me an example"
God: "Well, here is a typical one: Thou Shall Not Kill/Murder"
King: Hey, I have an Empire to run; I could not operate effectively with 
      such a restriction. Forget it".

So God went on until He came to Egypt, and met the Pharaoh.

God:" Do you want some Commandments?"
Pharaoh:"What are they?"
God: "Rules to live by"
Pharaoh:"I don't understand. Give me an example"
God: "Well, here is a typical one: Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery"
Pharaoh:" What! Get out of here!"

So God left Egypt and went into the Sinai, where He met Moses, who
was wandering in the desert.

God:" Do you want some Commandments?"
Moses: "How much do they cost?"
God: "They are free."
Moses: "Well, then I'll take ten of them"

PS: We should be glad that Moses was metric rather than English;
otherwise we would have The Dozen Commandments.


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The real trouble was that he was stuttering.  When he got the Children
of Israel out of Egypt, they asked him: "OK, where do we go to now?"
He started answering: "Can.... Can..." so they went off to Canaan;
they only found out too late that he really meant to say "Canada"... :-)