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Exodus 20:1–7

The Ten Commandments

20 And God spokeb all these words:c

2 “I am the Lord your God,d who brought you oute of Egypt,f out of the land of slavery.g

3 “You shall have no other gods beforea me.h

4 “You shall not make for yourself an imagei in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worshipj them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,k punishing the children for the sin of the parentsl to the third and fourth generationm of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousandn generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.o

b	Dt 10:4
c	Ne 9:13; Ps 119:9; 147:19; Mal 4:4
d	See Ge 17:7; Ex 16:12; Lev 19:2; 20:7; Isa 43:3; Eze 20:19
e	See Ge 15:7
f	See Ex 6:6
g	Ex 13:3; Eze 20:6
a	Or besides
h	ver 23; Ex 34:14; Dt 6:14; 13:10; 2 Ki 17:35; Ps 44:20; 81:9; Jer 1:16; 7:6, 9; 11:13; 19:4; 25:6; 35:15
i	ver 5, 23; Ex 32:8; 34:17; Lev 19:4; 26:1; Dt 4:15–19, 23; 27:15; 2 Sa 7:22; 1 Ki 14:9; 2 Ki 17:12; Isa 40:19; 42:8; 44:9
j	Ex 23:13, 24; Jos 23:7; Jdg 6:10; 2 Ki 17:35; Isa 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6
k	Ex 34:14; Dt 4:24; Jos 24:19; Na 1:2
l	See Ge 9:25; See Lev 26:39
m	Ex 34:7; Nu 14:18; Jer 32:18
n	Ex 34:7; Nu 14:18; Dt 7:9; Jer 32:18; Lk 1:50; Ro 11:28
o	Ex 22:28; Lev 18:21; 19:12; 22:2; 24:11, 16; Dt 6:13; 10:20; Job 2:5, 9; Ps 63:11; Isa 8:21; Eze 20:39; 39:7; See Mt 5:33