The essence of orthodoxy -: Deuteronomy 5:6-10 and Exodus 20:2-6

Deuteronomic theologians were confident that they could identify and reject the idolatrous "other gods" of their day because they knew and served the LORD alone, the only true "Living God" who had initiated a covenant with them at Horeb. Can we appreciate their theological criteria without condoning the violent measures they proposed for the defense of orthodox Yahwism?.