Exodus 20:1

And the Lord spake all these words, saying,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And God spake all these words, saying,

In Context

2I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Mizraim, out of the house of servitude.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:33if there hath been so great a thing as this, or any heard like it, whether a people have heard the voice of the Word of the Lord speaking from the midst of the fire as thou didst hear, and have lived.

Deuteronomy 5:4Word with word hath the Lord spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire,

Deuteronomy 5:22But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we go on to hear the voice of the Word of the Lord our God, we shall die.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:1

All things being prepared for the solemn promulgation of the divine law, we have, in this chapter, I. The ten commandments, as God himself spoke them upon Mount Sinai ( ver. 1-17 ), as remarkable a portion of scripture as any in the Old Testament. II. The impressions made upon the people thereby, ver. 18-21 . III. Some particular instructions which God gave privately to Moses, to be by him communicated to the people, relating to his worship, ver. 22 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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