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>> reporter: many of these laws must have had some meaning during the time of moses. even if they seem puzzling to us today. >> if you're wearing a fabric, you are not allowed to mix that fabric, wool and linen, together. if you ask the rabbis why, the answer is i don't know, god commanded it. >> reporter: god also commanded moses to build a portable temple for the tablets called the ark of the covenant. >> the bibles tells us the exact dimensions, and what it looks like. it's a box, it's got long handles, it's supposed to have cherubim, or angels sort of on the top. >> reporter: archaeologist...

The rays of light on her head, both of which come from the moment when moses comes down mount sinai with the ten commandments. >> reporter: but like many stories in the bible, things weren't so straightforward. >> the story most people know is moses got ten commandments on two tablets on mount sinai. there are a whole lot more than ten commandments. traditionally, 613. >> reporter: many of these laws must have had some meaning during the time of moses. even if they seem puzzling to us today. >> if you're wearing a fabric, you are not allowed to mix that fabric, wool and linen, together. if you...

Must have had some meaning during the time of moses. even if they seem puzzling to us today. >> if you're wearing a fabric, you are not allowed to mix that fabric, wool and linen, together. if you ask the rabbis why, the answer is i don't know, god commanded it. >> reporter: god also commanded moses to build a portable temple for the tablets called the ark of the covenant. >> the bibles tells us the exact dimensions, it's a box, it's got long handles, it's supposed to have cherubim, or angels sort of on the top. >> reporter: archaeologists have found evidence that boxes such as these were comm...

Declaration that with freedom comes responsibility. >> it's why the statue of liberty, which was modeled on moses, the tablets in her arms, the rays of light on her haerksd both from the moment when moses comes down mount sinai with the ten commandments. >> reporter: but like many stories in the bible, things weren't so straightforward. >> the story most people know is moses got ten commandments on two tablets on mount sinai. there are a whole lot more than ten commandments. traditionally, 613. >> reporter: many of these laws must have had some meaning during the time of moses. even if they se...

Comes responsibility. >> it's why the statue of liberty, which was modelled on moses -- okay, the tablet's in her arms, the rays of light on her head, both of which come from the moment in which moses comes down mount sinai with the ten commandments. >> but like many stories in the bible, things weren't so straight forward. >> the story most people know was that moses got ten commandments on two tablets on mount sinai. there are a whole lot more than ten commandments. traditionally 613. >> many of these laws must have had some meaning during the time of moses, etch if they seem puzzling to us ...