Exodus 20:3
You have no other Gods before Me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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
Exodus 15:11Who [is] like You among the gods, O YHWH? Who [is] like You—honorable in holiness—Fearful in praises—doing wonders?
Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7You have no other gods in My presence.
Deuteronomy 6:14You do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who [are] around you,
Judges 6:10and I say to you, I [am] your God YHWH, you do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land you are dwelling—and you have not listened to My voice.”
2 Kings 17:29and each nation is making its gods, and they place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made—each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.
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 →