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Seventh Commandment
the seventh commandment
also: седьмая заповедь
In the Orthodox and Lutheran numbering of the Decalogue, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Exodus 20:14), cited here as part of Grandfather's moralizing lecture to his grandson.
Reading notes
- A Chip Off the Old Block §7 the seventh commandment
In the Orthodox numbering of the Decalogue, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Exodus 20:14); Grandfather invokes it while lecturing the narrator on marital conduct, an irony given his own past.