Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no elohim acherim in My presence.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Mi chamochah ba'elim, Adonoi 1 (Who is like unto Thee, Hashem, among the elim)? + 15:11 g-ds 1 Who is like Thee, 1 glorious in kodesh (holiness), 1 awesome in praiseworthy acts, 1 doing wonders? 1
Exodus 22:19He that sacrificeth unto elohim (the g-ds), other than unto Hashem only, he shall be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 5:7[BET] Thou shalt have no elohim acharim before Me.
Deuteronomy 6:14Ye shall not go after elohim acherim, of elohei ha'amim (the g-ds of the peoples) which are round about you;
Judges 6:10And I said unto you, I am Hashem Eloheichem; fear not the elohei HaEmori (g-ds of the Amorites), in whose land ye dwell; but ye have not obeyed My voice.
2 Kings 17:29Howbeit every goy (nation) made g-ds of their own, and set them up in the batim (houses) of the high places which the Shomronim had made, every goy in their towns wherein 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 →