Exodus 20:1

And God spake all these words saying:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And God spake all these words, saying,

In Context

2I, am Yahweh thy God,—who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:—

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:33Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?

Deuteronomy 5:4Face to face, spake Yahweh with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Deuteronomy 5:22These words, spake Yahweh unto all the convocation of you in the mount out of the midst of the fire the cloud and the thick gloom, a loud voice, and added not,—and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

Acts 7:53Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers,—and guarded it not.

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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