Exodus 20:1
And God said all these words:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And God spake all these words, saying,
In Context
2I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:33Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
Deuteronomy 5:4The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
Acts 7:53You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:1
All things being prepared for the solemn promulgation of the divine law, we have, in this chapter, I. The ten commandments, as God himself spoke them upon Mount Sinai ( ver. 1-17 ), as remarkable a portion of scripture as any in the Old Testament. II. The impressions made upon the people thereby, ver. 18-21 . III. Some particular instructions which God gave privately to Moses, to be by him communicated to the people, relating to his worship, ver. 22 , &c. Read the whole commentary →