Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver - The expressions here are very remarkable. Before it was said, Ye shall have no other gods Before me, al panai , Exodus 20:3. Here they are commanded, ye shall not make gods of silver or gold itti With me, as emblems or representatives of God, in order, as might be pretended, to keep these displays of his magnificence in memory; on the contrary, he would have only an altar of earth - of plain turf, on which they should offer those sacrifices by which they should commemorate their own guilt and the necessity of an atonement to reconcile themselves to God. See Clarke' s note on Exodus 20:4.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Exodus 20:23:
Exodus 20:4
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