Exodus 20:1
And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And God spake all these words, saying,
In Context
2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:33if a nation have heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard and hast lived;
Deuteronomy 5:4The Lord spoke to you face to face in the mountain out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire— there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.
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 →