October 23, 2016

The Ten Commandments

20 And God spoke all these words, saying,

² “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

³ “You shall have no other gods before^[a] me.

⁴ “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ⁵ You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, ⁶ but showing steadfast love to thousands^[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁷ “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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Footnotes

Exodus 20:3 Or besides Exodus 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation

Cross references

Exodus 20:1 : For ver. 1-17, see Deut. 5:6-21 Exodus 20:1 : Deut. 5:22 Exodus 20:2 : Lev. 26:13; Ps. 81:10; Hos. 13:4 Exodus 20:3 : 2 Kgs. 17:35; Jer. 25:6; 35:15 Exodus 20:4 : Lev. 26:1; Deut. 27:15; Ps. 97:7; [Acts 17:29] Exodus 20:5 : ch. 23:24; Josh. 23:7 Exodus 20:5 : ch. 34:14; Deut. 4:24; 6:15; Josh. 24:19; Nah. 1:2 Exodus 20:5 : ch. 34:7; Num. 14:18; [Ps. 79:8; 109:14; Isa. 65:6, 7; Jer. 32:18] Exodus 20:7 : Lev. 19:12; [Matt. 5:34, 35; James 5:12]

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