Exodus 20:1
And God spake all these words, saying,
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And God spake all these words, saying,
In Context
2I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:33Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Deuteronomy 5:4Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Deuteronomy 5:22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
Acts 7:53ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
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 →