Exodus 20:1
And God speaks all these words, saying,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And God spake all these words, saying,
In Context
2“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:33Has a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, you—and live?
Deuteronomy 5:4YHWH has spoken with you face to face on the mountain, out of the midst of the fire;
Deuteronomy 5:22YHWH has spoken these words to all your assembly in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, [and] of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, [with] a great voice; and He has not added; and He writes them on two tablets of stone and gives them to me.
Acts 7:53who received the Law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [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 →