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Exodus 20:5
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3 a“You shall have no other gods before Me. 
4 a“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;  
5 ayou shall not bow down to them nor1 serve them. bFor I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, cvisiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,  
6 but ashowing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 
7 a“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord bwill not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 
8 a“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Exodus 20:4-5

Thou shalt not make . . . any graven image . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them—that is, "make in order to bow." Under the auspices of Moses himself, figures of cherubim, brazen serpents, oxen, and many other things in the earth beneath, were made and never condemned. The mere making was no sin—it was the making with the intent to give idolatrous worship.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 20:5:

Exodus 20:8
Exodus 32:4
Leviticus 26:1
Job 17:5
Job 20:10
Psalms 21:11
Psalms 106:19-23
Isaiah 14:21
Isaiah 22:25
Isaiah 38:5
Jeremiah 32:18
Ezekiel 8:3
Ezekiel 18:4
Daniel 9:16
Amos 1:3
Amos 1:11
Nahum 1:2
1 Corinthians 10:22

 

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