- nothing in scripture says the decalogue isn't part of the law
- nothing in scripture says only the decalogue is the law
- everything in scripture says that the Law is comprised of both the decalogue and every other judgment, command, ordinance and order given through Moses
- nothing in scripture says some of the law can be deleted while other parts remain
it is a purely human tradition, albeit an ancient one, that seeks to divide the law of the Sinai covenant with Israel into pieces & ignore some but impose others on gentiles who have believed in Christ.
The Ten Commandments are its own standalone unit. God alone wrote and spoke the Ten Commandments with His own finger on stone for its eternal nature. After He wrote the Ten Commandments He added no more. Only the Ten were inside the ark of the covenant.
Deut 4:13 So He declared to you
His covenant which He commanded you to perform
, the Ten Commandments; and
He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
What number do you see here? God said there were
Ten Commandments in His covenant. I do not see any other number.
After God spoke these commandments He added no more- seems like we shouldn't either.
Deut 5: 22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and
He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
All other laws were handwritten by Moses on paper and were placed outside the ark of the covenant. There are very different laws that serve very different purposes.
The OT temple was patterned after God's heavenly Temple Hebrews 8:1-5 where lies the Ten Commandments Rev 11:19 under His mercy seat as it is what defines sin Romans 7:7 Mat 5:19-30 will be what we are judged by James 2:10-12 Mat 5:19-30 Ecc 12:13-14