{Law}

After comparing the Ten Commandments and Hunefer’s innocent 42 sins, there are many similarities. In both, there is no lying, no adultery, no killing or death, no stealing, no harm and so on. The Ten Commandments were created as guidelines so that we could try our hardest not to sin. Of course, being human, we sin everyday; but the Ten Commandments are still being used today and are a very well known thing. According to how well we keep the Ten Commandments, we will later be judged. The followers of the Ten Commandments only believed in one God. It is a personal choice to keep the Ten Commandments or not, whether it be religion or it is what you feel is right. Keeping the Commandments builds character and is a guideline on how to live your life. Where Hunefer was in a much harder situation.

Hunefer’s 42 sins that he was innocent of are very detailed. It would be a very hard thing to go in front of Osiris and be judged. They had to be careful of everything that they did, because if you did any bad, they believed it would stay in your heart. So if you had any bad in your heart, it was weighed on a scale at the Judgment Day in front of Osiris. How hard would it be to claim that you have never made anyone cry or ever caused any harm? Because I know that I have. With this kind of law, you are only protecting yourself. Of course you have followed it and not harmed anyone, killed anyone, or made anyone cry, but it is only for your own salvation. They were doing anything to keep their heart lighter, or so they believed.

Both of the laws are very good. They both have meaning and were making the people in the communities live to a higher standard to receive the salvation they wanted. Everyone who followed the laws were protected, those who do not are either sentenced to the underworld, or judged before God. Laws like this are and have been the basis of communities for thousands of years.