Exodus 20:3
You must have no other gods before me.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
2“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? 1 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, 1 honored in praises, doing miracles? 1
Exodus 22:19Whoever sleeps with a beast must surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7You will have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 6:14You will not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you—
Judges 6:10I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God; I commanded you not to worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.” But you have not obeyed my voice.'”
2 Kings 17:29Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where 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 →