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The Bible does not number the Ten Commandments (or 10 Words as the Jews call them). And there are actually more than ten commands in the two places where they occur - Ex 20:1-17 and Dt. 5: 8-21).
As a result different groups of Christians ans Jews number them differently.
Take Exodus first below. There are thirteen commands (the numbering is mine).
1 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2 “You shall have no other gods before me.
3 “You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
4 you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
5 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
6 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labour, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
7 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
8 “You shall not kill.
9 “You shall not commit adultery.
10 “You shall not steal.
11 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
12 “You shall not covet your neighbour's house;
13 you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's.”
In Dt 5:21 the phrasing of 12 & 13 is different and splits into two commands
12a “‘Neither shall you covet your neighbour's wife;
13a and you shall not desire your neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's.’
Regarding the line "I am the Lord your God…." might seem odd but the Jews take it as the first commandment or word. Most Christians do not.
In order to reduce these to ten some have to be concatenated. Some Christians do it one was and some another.
Catholics and Lutherans treat 2,3 and 4 as one commandment. Catholics include 1 as well.
Protestants (excluding Lutherans) and Orthodox treat 3&4 as one commandment.
All Protestants and Orthodox treat 12 & 13 as one commandment. Catholics, following Augustine, and using Deuteronomy, treat 12a and 13a (instead of the Ex 12 & 13) as two commandments.
As a result different groups of Christians ans Jews number them differently.
Take Exodus first below. There are thirteen commands (the numbering is mine).
1 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2 “You shall have no other gods before me.
3 “You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
4 you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
5 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
6 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labour, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
7 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
8 “You shall not kill.
9 “You shall not commit adultery.
10 “You shall not steal.
11 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
12 “You shall not covet your neighbour's house;
13 you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's.”
In Dt 5:21 the phrasing of 12 & 13 is different and splits into two commands
12a “‘Neither shall you covet your neighbour's wife;
13a and you shall not desire your neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's.’
Regarding the line "I am the Lord your God…." might seem odd but the Jews take it as the first commandment or word. Most Christians do not.
In order to reduce these to ten some have to be concatenated. Some Christians do it one was and some another.
Catholics and Lutherans treat 2,3 and 4 as one commandment. Catholics include 1 as well.
Protestants (excluding Lutherans) and Orthodox treat 3&4 as one commandment.
All Protestants and Orthodox treat 12 & 13 as one commandment. Catholics, following Augustine, and using Deuteronomy, treat 12a and 13a (instead of the Ex 12 & 13) as two commandments.