Exodus 20:17

And Moshe said unto HaAm, Fear not: for HaElohim is come to test you, and that His fear may be upon your faces, that ye sin not.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

In Context

16And they said unto Moshe, Thou speak with us, and we will hear; but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die. + 20:16 see Gn 42:23

18And HaAm stood afar off, while Moshe drew near unto the thick cloud where HaElohim was.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:6And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was delight to the eyes, and HaEtz to be coveted to make one have seichel, she took of the p'ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 34:23Shall not their mikneh and their property and every behemah of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will settle among us.

1 Samuel 15:19Why then didst thou not obey the voice of Hashem, but didst pounce upon the plunder, and didst harah (the evil) in the eyes of Hashem?

Job 31:1I made a brit (covenant) with mine eyes; 1 how then look I upon a betulah? 1

Psalms 10:3For the reshah boasteth of his ta'avat nefesh (soulʼs lust), 1 and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth. 1

Proverbs 4:23Set watch over and guard thy lev with all diligence; 1 for out of it are the totze'ot chayyim (issues, wellsprings of life). + 4:23 cf Mk 7:20-23 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:13-18

12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly… Read the whole commentary →

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