Deuteronomy helps us to understand more clearly the interpretation of the ten commandments and what that meant for the Israelites and us based on how it was written and the reasons behind how it was written. First, the laws were given by Jehovah were divided primarily into two categories. Firstly, laws given to orchestrate worship of Yahweh himself, and secondly, to structure how they were to treat one another. The first set made it where worship was strictly directed to Yahweh alone, through the way they put him first, worshiped only him, kept his name sacred, and focused on him alone. The second set ordered morals for the people’s lives. Consequently, both types of laws were given so that the people would be set apart from the pagan people