42 Divine Principles of Ma'at ¦ Pharaohs 10 Rules for Slave Humanity
Maat was the goddess of harmony, justice, and truth represented as a young woman.
Sometimes she is depicted with wings on each arm or as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head
The doctrine of Maat is represented in the declarations to Rekhti-merti-f-ent-Maat and the 42 Negative Confessions listed in the Papyrus of Ani
I have not committed sin.
I have not committed robbery with violence.
I have not stolen.
I have not slain men and women.
I have not stolen grain.
I have not purloined offerings.
I have not stolen the property of the gods.
I have not uttered lies.
I have not carried away food.
I have not uttered curses.
I have not committed adultery.
I have made none to weep.
I have not eaten the heart [i.e.,
I have not grieved uselessly, or felt remorse].
I have not attacked any man. I am not a man of deceit.
I have not stolen cultivated land. I have not been an eavesdropper. I
have slandered no man. I have not been angry without just cause.
I have not debauched the wife of any man.
I have not debauched the wife of any man (repeats the previous affirmation but addressed to a different god).
I have not polluted myself.
I have terrorized none.
I have not transgressed the Law. I
have not been wroth.
I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
I have not blasphemed.
I am not a man of violence.
I am not a stirrer up of strife (or a disturber of the peace).
I have not acted (or judged) with undue haste.
I have not pried into matters.
I have not multiplied my words in speaking.
I have wronged none,
I have done no evil.
I have not worked witchcraft against the King (or blasphemed against the King).
I have never stopped the flow of water.
I have never raised my voice (spoken arrogantly, or in anger).
I have not cursed or blasphemed God.
I have not acted with evil rage.
I have not stolen the bread of the gods.
I have not carried away the khenfu cakes from the spirits of the dead.
I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city.
I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god.
Former Preacher
" The Ten Commandments was stolen from the laws of ma'at"
1000 years b4
Pharaoh Moses
2 weeks