Lhe 42 laws of Ma'at were revealed to the priests and priestesses of ancient Egypt and codified by those more than 5000 years before the Christian era. These are rules to be observed and cherished during our life on earth.
The 42 ideals of Maat from the Temple of Isis
1. I honor virtue
2. I enjoy with gratitude
3. I am at peace
4. I respect the property of others
5. I affirm that all life is sacred
6. I give true offerings
7. I live in the truth
8. I look at all the altars with respect
9. I speak with sincerity
10. I only consume my fair share
11. I offer messages of good intentions
12. I tell in peace
13. I honor animals with respect
14. I can trust
15. I care about the earth
16. I keep my own advice
17. I speak positively of others
18. I stay in balance with my emotions
19. I am confident in my relationships
20. I hold in high regard purity
21. I spread the joy
22. I do the best I can
23. I communicate with compassion
24. I listen to opposing opinions
25. I create harmony
26. I invoke laughter
27. I am open to love in various forms
28. I am indulgent
29. I am little
30. I act respectfully of others
31. I accept
32. I am my inner guidance
33. I converse with the awareness
34. I do good
35. I give blessings
36. I keep the waters pure
37. I speak with good intentions
38. I praise the Goddess and the God
39. I am humble
40. I realize with integrity
41. I move forward through my own abilities
42. I embrace the whole
The 77 commandments of Mâat
1. You will not cause any suffering to humans
2. To satisfy your ambition, you will not intrigue
3. Thou shalt not strip of his sustenance, a poor person.
4. You will not do acts condemned by the Gods
5. You will not cause any suffering to others
6. You will not steal temple offerings
7. You will not steal the bread for the gods
8. You will not steal offerings for sanctified spirits
9. Thou shalt not commit any shameful act in the sacred precincts of the temples.
10. You will not fish unnatural with someone like you
11. You will not remove milk from a child's mouth.
12. You will not fish using a fish as bait
13. You will not put out the fire when it should be burning
14. You will not violate the laws on meat offerings
15. You will not take possession of the properties of temples and gods
16. You will not prevent a God from manifesting himself
17. You will not cause crying
18. You will not make disdainful signs
19. You will not get angry or, without a cause, get into an argument
20. You will not be unclean
21. You will not refuse to listen to justice and truth
22. You will not blaspheme
23. You will not lie, by a stream of words
24. You will not have contemptuous language
25. You will not curse a Divinity
26. You will not cheat on the offerings made to the Gods
27. You will not waste the offerings made to the dead
28. You will not grab the children's food and you will never have to lie
against the gods of the city
29. You will not kill the divine animals with bad intent
30. You will not deceive (you will not cheat)
31. You will neither steal nor plunder
32. You will not steal
33. You will not kill
34. You will not destroy the offerings
35. You will not decrease the surveys (measurements)
36. You will not steal the properties belonging to the Gods
37. You will not lie
38. You will not steal food or treasures
39. You will not cause pain
40. You will not fornicate with the fornicator
41. You will not be dishonest
42. You will not transgress
43. You will not act with malice
44. You will not steal farmland
45. You will not reveal the secrets
46. You will not court a married woman
47. You will not sleep with another wife
48. You will not cause terror
49. You will not rebel
50. You will not be the cause of anger or anger
51. You will not act insolently
52. You will not cause disputes (bad understandings)
53. You will not misjudge (do not deceive) or you will not judge hastily
54. You will not be impatient
55. You will not cause illness or injury
56. You will not curse a king
57. You will not disturb the water to drink
58. You will not dispossess
59. YOU will not use violence against the family
60. You will not go to violent people
61. You will not substitute injustice for justice
62. You will not commit crimes
63. You will not make others work more for the same gain
64. You will not mistreat your servants
65. You did not utter a threat
66. You will not allow a master to mistreat a servant
67. You will not cause famine
68. You will not get angry
69. You will not kill or order a murder
70. Thou shalt not commit abominable acts
71. You will not commit treason
72. You will not try to increase your domain by using illegal means
73. You will not usurp the funds and property of others
74. You will not seize cattle in the meadows
75. You will not trap poultry for the Gods
76. Thou shalt not obstruct the flow of water
77. You must not break the dams established for running water
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