Verse 5
Exodus 20:5
Noah Webster Bible
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 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 to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹֽא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה לָ/הֶ֖ם וְ/לֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑/ם כִּ֣י אָֽנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָבֹ֧ת עַל בָּנִ֛ים עַל שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְ/עַל רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְ/שֹׂנְאָֽ/י
English Translation
You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them, for I am the LORD your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
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Chapter 20 Context
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And God (Elohim) spoke all these words, saying,
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I am the LORD thy God (Elohim), who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of...
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,...
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God (Elohim) am a jealou...
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And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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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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Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy.
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9
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
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10
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God (Elohim): in it thou shalt not do any work, t...
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11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the sev...
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Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God (Elo...
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Thou shalt not steal.
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-ser...
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18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mo...
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And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God (Elohim) speak with us...
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And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God (Elohim) is come to prove you, and that his fear may...
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God (Elohim) was.
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And the LORD said to Moses, Thus thou shalt say to the children of Israel; Ye have seen that I have...
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Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold.
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An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy pe...
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And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou shalt...
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Neither shalt thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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