[Avodah] The 10 Dibros are split into 2 x 5

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re:  <<9-10 parsha breaks as in the Masoretic text
Then you can make a case for 4and 6.
I.E. Lo sachmod is TWO and anochi and Lo Yihye are really 
one [iow NO BREAK]>>

Doesn't the idea of 9 dibros seem weird?

See Breuer who shows that that breakdown that joins the 
first two dibrot is an error.

In fact Heidenheim made the correction of separating  the 
first dibber in taam elyon some 200 years ago. Breuer makes 
an additional correction and has an explanation of how the 
errors developed stage by stage over the years.

So, despite most "regular" chamashim, the masoretic text of 
ta'am elyon had and should have 10 dibrot and not nine.


David