Exodus 20:3

Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

In Context

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

4Thou shalt not make to thyself 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 thee among the gods, O Lord? 1 Who is like to thee? glorified in holiness, 1 Marvelous in glories, doing wonders. 1

Exodus 22:19He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.

Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.

Deuteronomy 6:14Go ye 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: ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye hearkened 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 dwelt.

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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