[Tzfat]

The Jews called this the Decalogue (“ten words”) or the “ten sayings.” Which makes sense because they aren’t all commandments. The first one is just a statement - not a commandment

No, it makes sense because the Bible never calls them the "Ten Commandments" - in Hebrew the Bible calls them the "Ten Words" [aseret ha-devarim].

[Hank Kerchief]

“No, it makes sense because the Bible never calls them the “Ten Commandments” - in Hebrew the Bible calls them the “Ten Words” [aseret ha-devarim].”

Think you are wrong:

Deut. 4:13 “And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.

One is not commanded to perform just “words.”

Hank