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The Ten Commandments - Number V Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/4/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Ten Commandments are a series of caches highlighting the various denominations of churches around the Fairfield Glade area. Number V is the United Methodist Church.

The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were spoken by God (referred to in several names) to the people of Israel from the mountain referred to as Mount Sinai or Horeb, and later authored by God and given to Moses in the form of two stone tablets. They are recognized as a moral foundation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The phrase "Ten Commandments" is generally used to refer to similar passages in Exodus 20:2–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21. Some scholars distinguish between this "Ethical Decalogue" and a different series of ten commandments in Exodus 34:11–27 that they call the "Ritual Decalogue". Although Exodus 34 contains ten imperative statements, the passages in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 contain fourteen or fifteen. However, the Bible assigns the count of ten to both lists. Various denominations divide these statements into ten in different ways, and may also translate the Commandments differently.

This cache is for the fifth Commandment: Honor thy mother and father. The UMC has a memorial for those who have passed. The cache is not there, but it is interesting to visit nonetheless. You will be looking for a regular sized lock-and-lock style container. It is large enough to hold small travel bugs, geocoins, some swag and of course the logbook! Please be respectful of church property. You may park in the parking lot to hunt this cache. I would avoid hunting this one on Wednesday evenings or Sundays.

I live in Chattanooga and visit Fairfield Glade often. For Cache Maintenance please contact me directly. I have someone local who can check on this cache. All biblical information is sourced from Wikipedia.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svaq ERSHTR va Cfnyzf 94:22.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)