The brochure contains the text of the commandments, as well as their interpretation, compiled in 1910 by D. I. Protopopov for public schools as a guide to the Law of God. When preparing the book, the original 1911 edition of the book seller A. D. Stupin was used, approved by the Holy Synod, as well as the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Public Education, and with the highest permission of the St. Petersburg Spiritual and Censorship Committee represented by Archimandrite Vasily.