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Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods beside me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

In Context

2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

4You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like to you among the gods, O Lord? who is like to you? glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, doing wonders.

Exodus 22:19Every one that lies with a beast you⌃ shall surely put to death.

Deuteronomy 5:7You shall have no other gods before my face.

Deuteronomy 6:14Go you⌃ not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you;

Judges 6:10And I said to you, I am the Lord your God: you⌃ shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you⌃ dwell; but you⌃ listened not to my voice.

2 Kings 17:29But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans had made, each nation in the cities in which they lived.

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 →

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