42
PRINCIPLES OF
MA'AT/MAAT



42 Principles Of God Maat 2000 Years Before Ten Commandments


Ma’at, unlike Hathor and Nephthys, seemed to be more of a concept
than an actual goddess. Her name, literally, meant ‘truth’ in
Egyptian. She was truth, order, balance and justice personified.
She was harmony, she was what was right, she was what things should
be. It was thought that if Ma’at didn’t exist, the universe would
become chaos, once again!

Maat or Ma’at was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance,
order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified
as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both
mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos
at the moment of creation.

From the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the 42 Principles of Maat, commonly
known as the “Negative Confessions.”



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I have not committed sin.

I have not committed robbery with violence.

I have not stolen.

I have not slain men or women.

I have not stolen food.

I have not swindled offerings.

I have not stolen from God/Goddess.

I have not told lies.

I have not carried away food.

I have not cursed.



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I have not closed my ears to truth.

I have not committed adultery.

I have not made anyone cry.

I have not felt sorrow without reason.

I have not assaulted anyone.

I am not deceitful.

I have not stolen anyone’s land.

I have not been an eavesdropper.

I have not falsely accused anyone.

I have not been angry without reason.



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I have not seduced anyone’s wife.

I have not polluted myself.

I have not terrorized anyone.

I have not disobeyed the Law.

I have not been exclusively angry.

I have not cursed God/Goddess.

I have not behaved with violence.

I have not caused disruption of peace.

I have not acted hastily or without thought.

I have not overstepped my boundaries of concern.



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I have not exaggerated my words when speaking.

I have not worked evil.

I have not used evil thoughts, words or deeds.

I have not polluted the water.

I have not spoken angrily or arrogantly.

I have not cursed anyone in thought, word or deeds.

I have not placed myself on a pedestal.

I have not stolen what belongs to God/Goddess.

I have not stolen from or disrespected the deceased.

I have not taken food from a child.

I have not acted with insolence.

I have not destroyed property belonging to God/Goddess


It should be pointed out that these are similar to the Biblical
10 Commandments. Biblical accounts say that Moses was an Egyptian,
meaning that he grew up to worship Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
It’s likely that he was familiar with Maat and the 42 Principles.


42 Principles of Maat
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/05/15/42-principles-of-god-maat-2000-years-before-ten-commandments/



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