Exodus 20:2
“I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt, out of the land of your slavery.
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In Context
1God spoke all the following words:
3You must not have any other gods except me.
Cross References
Exodus 10:1The Lord told Moses, “Go and see Pharaoh, because it was me who gave him and his officials a stubborn attitude so that I may perform my miracles before them.
Exodus 13:14When in the future your children come to you and ask, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The Lord led us out of Egypt, the land of our slavery, by his amazing power.
Leviticus 11:45I am the Lord who led you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.
Leviticus 23:43so that your descendants will remember that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I led them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 25:42Israelites are not to be sold as slaves because they belong to me as my slaves—I led them out of Egypt.
Leviticus 26:1“Don't make yourselves idols anywhere in your land and bow down to worship them, whether they are images or sacred pillars or stone sculptures. For I am the Lord your God.
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 →