Ten Commandments Memorization Tool

Ten Commandments Memorization Tool

Here is a great way to memorize the Ten Commandments in order in less than ten minutes. The story will keep you from ever forgetting them and I put together the graphic to help teach children and youth.

The story is simple-

"There were three brothers whose names were Gibb (GB), Guy (GI) and Give (GV) and their favorite thing to do was go to church. This made their parents so happy that they built them a castle but they were poor spellers and spelled it KASL. Oh- and they built it tall so all could see (C)."

The explanation-

I call the boys the Bee Gees (which guys my age know stood for the Brothers Gibb). That helps me remember the name of the first son.

1. GB= Gods before as in "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me."

2. GI= Graven images as in "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image."

3. GV= God in vain as in " Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."

You can remember the order of the three sons because they happen to be alphabetical. ( GB before GI before GV )

4. Church= "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."

5. Parents= "Honour thy father and thy mother."

Now comes the castle (KASL) of "though shalt nots".

6. K= "Thou shalt not kill"

7. A= "Thou shalt not commit adultery"

8. S= "Thou shalt not steal"

9. L= Thou shalt not bear false witness (lie)"

10. C= "Thou shalt not covet"

You can then remind your student that the first four refer to the first great commandment of loving God. The last six refer to the second which is loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Click below to print this tool on a single sheet of paper  that when folded in half shows the picture on one side and the explanation on the other for easy instruction;

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4Tih1nxERL7mfGYt118K-B5jFqiVATdsBxAsY4ODGU/edit