Jewish tradition in fact suggest there are 613 commandments- but there is not a complete agreement of the number- but anyway, that's quite a few more that 10. These are commands stated in the Torah. A suggested list of these can be found here.
The 10 commandments as we know them- written by the 'hand of God'- in Exodus 20 are a summary of the expectation that God has from His people. The list continued to be expanded immediately and a suggested count is mentioned above. But of the '11th commandment' - what can we say? Should this be a summary of the summary- the queen of expectation and central core of what God expects from us?
There have been books, plays, films titled the same and some cynical sayings such as Ronald Regan's "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
God Himself has already defined what the11th- and the 12th- is: the summaries of all. When Jesus was on earth, he was asked which was the greatest of all the commandments. His answer is can be found in all three of the gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke. Jesus cites two greater commandments:
Mat 22:35-39 (NET)
Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together. And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
The first part, of course, is a repeat of Deut 6 :5 (NET)
You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
Let us pray that we can learn to do this with God's help
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