Exodus 20:1
And the Lord spoke all these words:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And God spake all these words, saying,
In Context
2“I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:33that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live,
Deuteronomy 5:4He spoke to us face to face on the mountain, from the midst of fire.
Deuteronomy 5:22The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me.
Acts 7:53You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you 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 →