Exodus 20
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The opening words to the ten rules of God
Verse 1
WEB God spoke all these words, saying,
KJV And God spake all these words, saying,
TSK And God spake all these words, saying,: de 4:33,36, de 5:4,22, ac 7:38,53
Verse 2
WEB “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
KJV I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
TSK the Lord: ge 17:7,8, le 26:1,13, de 5:6, de 6:4,5, 2ch 28:5, ps 50:7, ps 81:10, jer 31:1,33, ho 13:4, ro 3:29, ro 10:12; brought: ex 10:1-15, le 19:36, le 23:43; out of the: ex 13:3, de 5:15, de 7:8, de 13:10, de 15:15, de 26:6-8
The rules of God of the first table
Verse 3
WEB “You shall have no other gods before me.
KJV Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
TSK Thou shalt have no other gods before me.: ex 15:11, de 5:7, de 6:5,14, jos 24:18-24, 2ki 17:29-35, ps 29:2, ps 73:25, ps 81:9, isa 26:4, isa 43:10, isa 44:8, isa 45:21,22, isa 46:9, jer 25:6, jer 35:15, mt 4:10, 1co 8:4,6, eph 5:5, php 3:19, col 2:18, 1jo 5:20,21, re 19:10, re 22:9
Verse 4
WEB “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
KJV Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
TSK Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:: ex 32:1,8,23, ex 34:17, le 19:4, le 26:1, de 4:15-19,23-25, de 5:8, de 27:15, 1ki 12:28, 2ch 33:7, ps 97:7, ps 115:4-8, ps 135:15-18, isa 40:18-20, isa 42:8,17, isa 44:9-20, isa 45:16, isa 46:5-8, jer 10:3-5,8,9,14-16, eze 8:10, ac 17:29, ac 19:26-35, ro 1:23, re 9:20, re 13:14,15, re 14:9-11, re 16:2
Verse 5
WEB you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
KJV Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
TSK bow down: ex 23:24, le 26:1, jos 23:7,16, jud 2:19, 2ki 17:35,41, 2ch 25:14, isa 44:15,19, mt 4:9; for I: ex 34:14, de 4:24, de 6:15, de 32:21, jos 24:19, ps 78:58, pr 6:34,35, eze 8:3, da 1:2, na 1:2, 1co 10:22; visiting: ex 34:7, le 20:5, le 26:29,39,40, nu 14:18,33, 1sa 15:2,3, 2sa 21:1,6, 1ki 21:29, 2ki 23:26, job 5:4, job 21:19, ps 79:8, ps 109:14, isa 14:20,21, isa 65:6,7, jer 2:9, jer 32:18, mt 23:34-36; of them: de 7:10, de 32:41, ps 81:15, pr 8:36, joh 7:7, joh 15:18,23,24, ro 1:30, ro 8:7, jas 4:4
Verse 6
WEB and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
KJV And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
TSK shewing: de 4:37, de 5:29, de 7:9, jer 32:39,40, ac 2:39, ro 11:28,29; love me: joh 14:15,21, 1jo 4:19, 1jo 5:3, 2jo 1:6
Verse 7
WEB “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
KJV Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
TSK take: le 19:12, le 24:11-16, de 5:11, ps 50:14-16, pr 30:9, jer 4:2, mt 5:33-37, mt 23:16-22, mt 26:63,64, 2co 1:23, heb 6:16,17, jas 5:12; guiltless: jos 2:12,17, jos 9:20, 2sa 21:1,2, 1ki 2:9
Verse 8
WEB “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
KJV Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
TSK Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.: ex 16:23-30, ex 31:13,14, ge 2:3, le 19:3, le 23:3, isa 56:4-6
Verse 10
WEB but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
KJV But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
TSK the seventh: ex 31:13, ex 34:21; thou shalt: ex 16:27,28, nu 15:32-36, lu 23:56; thy manservant: de 5:14,15; thy stranger: ex 23:9-12, de 16:11,12, de 24:14-22, ne 10:31, ne 13:15-21
Verse 11
WEB for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
KJV For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
TSK For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.: ex 31:17, ge 2:2,3, ps 95:4-7, mr 2:27,28, ac 20:7
Of the second table
Verse 12
WEB “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
KJV Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
TSK Honour: ex 21:15,17, le 19:3,32, 1ki 2:19, 2ki 2:12, pr 1:8,9, pr 15:5, pr 20:20, pr 23:22-25, pr 28:24, pr 30:11,17, mal 1:6, mt 15:4-6, lu 18:20, eph 5:21, eph 6:1-3, col 3:20; that thy: de 4:26,40, de 25:15, de 32:47, pr 3:16
Verse 13
WEB “You shall not murder.
KJV Thou shalt not kill.
TSK Thou shalt not kill.: ex 21:14,20,29, ge 4:8-23, ge 9:5,6, le 24:21, nu 35:16-34, de 5:17, de 19:11-13, 2sa 12:9,10, 2ki 21:16, 2ch 24:22, ps 10:8-11, pr 1:11,18, isa 26:21, jer 26:15, mt 5:21,22, ac 28:4, ro 13:9, ga 5:21, 1ti 1:9, jas 2:11,13, 1jo 3:12-15
Verse 14
WEB “You shall not commit adultery.
KJV Thou shalt not commit adultery.
TSK Thou shalt not commit adultery.: le 18:20, le 20:10, 2sa 11:4,5,27, pr 2:15-18, pr 6:24-35, pr 7:18-27, jer 5:8,9, jer 29:22,23, mal 3:5, mt 5:27,28, mr 10:11,12, ro 7:2,3, eph 5:3-5, heb 13:4, jas 4:4, re 21:8
Verse 15
WEB “You shall not steal.
KJV Thou shalt not steal.
TSK Thou shalt not steal.: ex 21:16, le 6:1-7, le 19:11,13,35-37, de 24:7, de 25:13-16, job 20:19-22, pr 1:13-15, pr 11:1, am 3:10, am 8:4-6, mic 6:10,11, mic 7:3, zec 5:3,4, mt 15:19, mt 19:18, mt 21:13, lu 3:13,14, joh 12:6, 1co 6:10, eph 4:28, 1th 4:6
Verse 16
WEB “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
KJV Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
TSK Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.: ex 23:6,7, le 19:11,16, de 19:15-21, 1sa 22:8-19, 1ki 21:10-13, ps 15:3, ps 101:5-7, pr 10:18, pr 11:13, mt 26:59,60, ac 6:13, eph 4:31, 1ti 1:10, 2ti 3:3, jas 4:11
Verse 17
WEB “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
KJV Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
TSK thy neighbour's house: ge 3:6, ge 14:23, ge 34:23, jos 7:21, 1sa 15:19, ps 10:3, ps 119:36, ec 4:8, ec 5:10,11, isa 33:15, isa 57:17, jer 22:17, eze 33:31, am 2:6,7, mic 2:2, hab 2:9, lu 12:15, lu 16:14, ac 20:33, ro 7:7, 1co 6:10, php 3:19, col 3:5, 1ti 6:6-10, heb 13:5; wife: 2sa 11:2-4, job 31:1,9, pr 4:23, pr 6:24,25, jer 5:8, mt 5:28; is thy neighbour's: mt 20:15, ac 5:4
The fear of the people
Verse 18
WEB All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
KJV And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
TSK And all: ex 19:16-18; they removed: ps 139:7,8, jer 23:23
Verse 20
WEB Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”
KJV And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
TSK Fear not: 1sa 12:20, isa 41:10; prove: ex 15:25,26, ge 22:1,12, de 8:2, de 13:3; his fear: ge 20:11, de 6:2, de 10:12, jos 24:14, ne 5:15, job 28:28, pr 1:7, pr 3:7, isa 8:13
Verse 21
WEB The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
KJV And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
TSK the people: ex 19:16,17, de 5:5; thick: 1ki 8:12, 2ch 6:1, ps 18:9,12, ps 97:2, ps 104:2, 1ti 6:16
Worship of false gods again forbidden
Verse 22
WEB Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
TSK I have talked: de 4:36, ne 9:13, heb 12:25,26
Verse 23
WEB You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
KJV Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
TSK Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.: ex 20:3-5, ex 32:1-4, 1sa 5:4,5, 2ki 17:33,41, eze 20:39, eze 43:8, da 5:4,23, zep 1:5, 1co 10:21,22, 2co 6:14-16, col 2:18,19, 1jo 5:20,21, re 22:15
Verse 24
WEB You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
KJV An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
TSK altar: joh 4:24; burnt: le 1:1-17, le 3:1-17; in all places: de 12:5,11,21, de 14:23, de 16:5,6,11, de 26:2, 1ki 8:29,43, 1ki 9:3, 2ch 6:6, 2ch 7:16, 2ch 12:13, ezr 6:12, ne 1:9, ps 74:7, ps 76:2, ps 78:68, ps 132:13,14, jer 7:10-12, mal 1:11, mt 18:20, mt 28:20, joh 4:20-23, 1ti 2:8; will bless thee: ge 12:2, nu 6:24-27, de 7:13, 2sa 6:12, ps 128:5, ps 134:3
Verse 25
WEB If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
KJV And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Verse 26
WEB Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
KJV Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
TSK thy nakedness: le 10:3, ps 89:7, ec 5:1, heb 12:28,29, 1pe 1:16