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10 Commandments Amendment

From the US Govt Info's site:
Part of H.R. 1501, The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1999 passed by the House of Representatives. (Approved by the House 6/17/99)

SEC. 1202. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY RIGHTS DECLARED.

(a) DISPLAY OF TEN COMMANDMENTS - The power to display the Ten Commandments on or within property owned or administered by the several States or political subdivisions thereof is hereby declared to be among the powers reserved to the States respectively.

10 Commandments -- Which Ones?

Moses Links

Yom Kippur

The day is celebrated on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishri, although it begins at sundown on the ninth of Tishri. A heavy meal is eaten before the fasting festival begins. Blood atonement is sometimes made by substituting a chicken for a human.

Jewish Calendar

Aaron - Moses' older brother.

Philo Judaeus: The Creation of the World

Philo Judaeus describes how the lawgiver Moses differed from other lawgivers in how he explained his laws and told the story of the creation of the world.

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Biblical fiction about the women in the life of Moses.

Ancient Judaism

Plagues

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