Verse 4
Exodus 20:4
English Revised Version
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thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God (Elohim) am a jealous God (Elohim), visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹֽ֣א תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה לְ/ךָ֥ פֶ֨סֶל֙ וְ/כָל תְּמוּנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ מִ/מַּ֔עַל וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ מִ/תָּ֑חַת וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ/מַּ֖יִם מִ/תַּ֥חַת לָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth below, or that is in the water beneath the earth.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And God (Elohim) spake all these words, saying,
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I am the LORD thy God (Elohim), which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bon...
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Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the likeness of any form that is in heaven above,...
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thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God (Elohim) am a jeal...
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and shewing mercy unto thousands, of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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6
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God (Elohim) in vain; for the LORD will not hold him gu...
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7
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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8
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God (Elohim): in it thou shalt not do any work, t...
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10
for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the sev...
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11
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God (El...
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12
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manse...
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13
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mo...
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14
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God (Elohim) speak with...
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15
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God (Elohim) is come to prove you, and that his fear m...
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16
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God (Elohim) was.
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17
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have se...
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18
Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
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19
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy...
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20
And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up t...
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Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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