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Text -- Exodus 20:1-10 (NET)

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The Decalogue
20:1 God spoke all these words: 20:2 “I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, 20:6 and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. 20:7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain. 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. 20:9 For six days you may labor and do all your work, 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.
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NET Notes: Exo 20:1 The Bible makes it clear that the Law was the revelation of God at Mount Sinai. And yet study has shown that the law code’s form follows the lit...

NET Notes: Exo 20:2 By this announcement Yahweh declared what he had done for Israel by freeing them from slavery. Now they are free to serve him. He has a claim on them ...

NET Notes: Exo 20:3 The expression עַל־פָּנָי (’al-panay) has several possible interpretations. S. R. Dr...

NET Notes: Exo 20:4 Heb “under the earth” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

NET Notes: Exo 20:5 This is an important qualification to the principle. The word rendered “reject” is often translated “hate” and carries with it...

NET Notes: Exo 20:6 Heb “to thousands” or “to thousandth.” After “tenth,” Hebrew uses cardinal numbers for ordinals also. This stateme...

NET Notes: Exo 20:7 Or “leave unpunished.”

NET Notes: Exo 20:8 The Piel infinitive construct provides the purpose of remembering the Sabbath day – to set it apart, to make it distinct from the other days. Ve...

NET Notes: Exo 20:9 This is the occupation, or business of the work week.

NET Notes: Exo 20:10 The Sabbath day was the sign of the Sinaitic Covenant. It required Israel to cease from ordinary labors and devote the day to God. It required Israel ...

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