It is either no coincidence or a nice coincidence that the Decalogue moves from questions about God in its first four statements, to questions about the community and about behavior in its next five, to a question about the inner dynamic of the individual in its tenth; succeeding pages in the Torah expand on this. Right attitudes to Ywhw link with right relationships in the community and right attitudes in oneself. Right attitudes in oneself link with right attitudes to Ywhw and to other people. None of these stands on its own. They form a whole.
- John Goldingay, Israel’s Life (Old Testament Theology vol. 3)
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