286. There was tremendous holiness and power in this law because it is a synopsis of all the elements of religion. It was engraved on two tablets, one of which contains a synopsis of all things related to God, and the other, a synopsis of all things related to us. For this reason the commandments of this law are called the ten words (Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; 10:4). They are called this because "ten" means all and "words" mean truths. Of course, they contained more than ten words. For an explanation that "ten" means all, and that tithes were established because of that meaning, see Revelation Unveiled 101; on the point that this law is a synopsis of all aspects of religion, see below [289].