Exodus 20:3

Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

In Context

2that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage.

4Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not `herie tho,

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Lord, who is lijk thee in stronge men, who is lijk thee? thou art greet doere in hoolynesse; ferdful, and preisable, and doynge myraclis.

Exodus 22:19He that doith letcherie with a beeste, die by deeth.

Deuteronomy 5:7Thou schalt not haue alien Goddis in my siyt.

Deuteronomy 6:14Ye schulen not go aftir alien goddis, of alle hethen men that ben `in youre cumpas;

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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