Exodus 20:3

Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

In Context

2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

4Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praiseworthy, doing wonders?

Exodus 22:19Whosoever copulateth with a beast shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

Deuteronomy 6:14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

Judges 6:10dummy verses inserted by amos

2 Kings 17:29And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they dwelt.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12

The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →

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