The contemporary [[Aaron Lichtenstein|Rabbi Aaron Lichtenstein ]] counts 66 instructions but Rabbi Harvey Falk has suggested that much work remains to be done in order to properly identify all of the Noahide Commandments, their divisions and subdivisions.
Theft, robbery and stealing covers the appropriate understanding of other persons, their property and their rights. The establishment of courts of justice promotes the value of the responsibility of a corporate society of people to enforce these laws and define these terms. The refusal to engage in unnecessary lust or cruelty demonstrates respect for the [[Creation (theology)|Creation]] itself as renewed after the Flood. To not do [[Murder|murder]] would include [[human sacrifice]].
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* Clorfene C and Rogalsky Y. ''The Path of the Righteous Gentile: An Introduction to the Seven Laws of the Children of Noah''. New York: Phillip Feldheim, 1987. ISBN 087306433X. [http://moshiach.com/action/morality/introduction.php Online version].
*[[Aaron Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein, Aaron]]. "The Seven Laws of Noah". New York: The Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press and Z. Berman Books, 2d ed. 1986. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 80-69121.
* Novak, David. ''The image of the non-Jew in Judaism: an historical and constructive study of the Noahide Laws''. New York : E. Mellen Press, 1983.
* Novak, David. ''Natural law in Judaism''. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.