The Ten Commandments, when applied in the modern context of living, can be paraphrased and translated to fit the current era yet at the same time adhere to it.

I. Never worship any other god other than the one true God. All other gods worshipped by men are false and must be therefore avoided.

II. Idols and images of God made by men must be avoided, since these idols are objects that could make you worship it rather than God. It’s not only limited to that, since it could also mean something, like a hobby, that takes all of your time and prevents you from worshipping God can be categorized as an idol.

III. Never take the name of God lightly, nor use it for profanity. God’s name is sacred and must be given due respect because of his importance to every aspect of human life.

IV. The Sabbath day is more of a loving invitation to slow down, rest, and meditate. It’s only a day in the week, so set the worldly activities you indulge in other days, to pave the way for the worship of God and a break from the tiring riff-raff.

V. Treat your parents with uttermost respect and obedience.

VI. Deliberately taking another human’s life must never be committed.

VII. Sexual relations outside marriage are extremely prohibited.

VIII. Stealing another person’s belongings is sinful and must be avoided.

IX. Lies that could destroy a fellow person’s reputation or bringing a false accusation to another are not allowed.

X. Do not compare your material possession to another persons’, since it will only lead into envy, jealousy, and other various sins. God’s blessings are abundant and you only need to give effort to achieve it.

In Genesis, the passages were only indicative of a generation count: For example, a biblical figure had lived for so many years, sired a son, and carried on until his death at a certain age. Adding the ages of each of the generation, it results to the number of years transpired. Later in the bible timeline, the passage of time has been changed into a story-like narration, like in 1 Kings 6:1, where the Temple of Solomon’s building began in the year 480 after the Exodus. The other way of setting time is through the correlation of the Kings of Israel and their time of reign. For example, see 1 Kings 15:25-28.

While in the reigns of the Kings of Israel, from 10th to 7th century BC, are in fact historical and can be utilized in histiography, but unfortunately, the attempts of fixing a date of Moses’s Exodus or even much earlier events like Noah and the Flood had been unsuccessful.

The dating of the Bible timeline of course starts with the Creation of Adam, in the year 0 Anno Mundi, and 930 years later, in his death, is considered year 930 Anno Mundi. In the Jewish Calendar, the 5 days before Adam’s creation was considered to be the first year, and Adam was created on the first day of the second year.

The Bible timeline is also divided by blocks of numbers which in fact is significant to its authors, like 7, 12 and 40. Other, but not as significant, numbers include 100, 60, 20, and 10.

The main events of the Bible timeline are: the Creation of Adam (in the year 0 AM), Abraham’s Birth and calling, the Exodus from Egypt, the Temple of Solomon’s construction, the return of the Jews to Israel, and finally the Temple’s rededication under the Maccabees.