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The ten words written on stone tablets, given to Moses and established as God’s positive law in the pages of the Old Testament, should be read as a signpost for the believer. The precepts and prohibitions of the Decalogue: “Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness” are typified as crimes in various legal systems today. The following article deals with the interdependencies and differences between the Divine plan and man-made law. Restrictions under the laws of the Decalogue and the ‘deterrent’ norms of criminal law do not restrain human freedom, but serve the good of all mankind. Man can live without the law, but the law does not function without man as a subject of rights and obligations. Therefore, it is necessary to realise that the Ten Commandments and their consequences in modern criminal law are part of the axiological system and always serve the good of the individual.