For the religious among us, it is worth noting that, according to the Bible, the 613 commandments in the OT(not just ten) are only for the Jews, who must keep them because of their covenant with God. For the rest of us, it's up for grabs.

Beyond that, those who God gave the Old Testament to realized something important that many among us seem to have missed, mainly that though God may have said it, what He meant is a matter that has to be worked out by mere mortals. Anyone who claims to know what God wants needs to submit to rigorous questioning from the rest of us.

For that reason, there are extensive scholarly commentaries that discuss and debate what God said, as well as who He was talking to when he said it.

This approach is infinitely preferable to the the "God said it and I believe it" point of view propounded by certain "fundamentalists" who often have trouble understanding BBC dramatic programming, let alone the King James English.