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Text -- Exodus 20:1-12 (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 .
20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day ; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy .
20:12 “Honor your father and your mother , that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Decalogue |
Sabbath |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
HAMMURABI, CODE OF |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
ETHICS, III |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
GOVERNMENT |
SANCTUARY |
Law |
Revelation |
Sinai |
Israel |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE |
TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
MOSES |
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NET Notes -> Exo 20:1; Exo 20:1; Exo 20:2; Exo 20:2; Exo 20:2; Exo 20:2; Exo 20:2; Exo 20:3; Exo 20:3; Exo 20:4; Exo 20:4; Exo 20:4; Exo 20:4; Exo 20:5; Exo 20:5; Exo 20:5; Exo 20:5; Exo 20:5; Exo 20:6; Exo 20:6; Exo 20:7; Exo 20:7; Exo 20:7; Exo 20:8; Exo 20:8; Exo 20:8; Exo 20:9; Exo 20:9; Exo 20:9; Exo 20:10; Exo 20:10; Exo 20:10; Exo 20:12; Exo 20:12; Exo 20:12
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...
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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 ...
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NET Notes: Exo 20:3 The expression עַל־פָּנָי (’al-panay) has several possible interpretations. S. R. Dr...
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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...
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NET Notes: Exo 20:6 Heb “to thousands” or “to thousandth.” After “tenth,” Hebrew uses cardinal numbers for ordinals also. This stateme...
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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...
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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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