Exodus 20:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.a ”

Exodus 20:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28 ; Deuteronomy 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 10:4 . It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Com...
Exodus 20:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20-24, 34. The Codes in Exodus. Recent study has by many converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with...
Exodus 20:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I am , &c.. "I, Jehovah [am] thy God (Hebrew. Elohim) . " App-4. the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. thy God. This must go with Com. I, or we should not have the five repetitions of it in the first...
Exodus 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I am the Lord thy God - יהוה אלהיך Yehovah eloheycha. On the word Jehovah, which we here transl...
Exodus 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I am the LORD thy God, &c.— This is supposed, by some, to be the preface of the first commandment; but it appears, rather, to be the general introduction to them all, especially as it is found...
Exodus 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. God's right to g...
Exodus 20:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and...
Exodus 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I am the Lord thy God. — The binding nature of commands upon the conscience depends upon the authority of the person who issues them. That there might be no dispute as to what the authority was in...
Exodus 20:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Ten Words” Spoken at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17 ; Acts 7:53 . It tells us, not what God is, for that...
Exodus 20:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Exodus 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe the argument the Lord is pleased to make use of, for more strongly enforcing the divine precepts that follow in this Chapter. He saith I am the Lord. The Lord, the Creator, the first self-exi...
Exodus 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am the Lord thy God ,.... This verse does not contain the first of these commands, but is a preface to them, showing that God had a right to enact and enjoin the people of Israel laws; and that th...
Exodus 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Ver. 2. Which have brought thee. ] God's blessings are binders; and every deliverance a tie...
Exodus 20:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am the Lord thy God Herein God asserts his own authority to enact this law; and proposeth himself as the sole object of that religious worship which is enjoined in the four first commandments. Th...
Exodus 20:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delive...
Exodus 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ten Commandments. B. C. 1491. 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am th...
Exodus 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The only true God, and thy God by special title, having entered into covenant with thee, and chosen thee for my peculiar people, to protect, and rule, and bless thee above all others. God's authori...
Exodus 20:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:1 . All these words.] Concerning which observe (1.) That they form the basis of the covenant , of which ch. Exodus 19:3-6 offers the first proposal; chs. 21–23, th...
Exodus 20:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:1-2 The Ten Commandments hold a conspicuous position in that prolonged revelation of Himself, of His character, His will, and His relations to mankind, which God made to the Jewish peopl...
Exodus 20:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:1-3 . And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me....
Exodus 20:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:1 . God spake all these words. In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation...
Exodus 20:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

God spake all these words. The Ten Words of God I. Those Ten Commandments were to the Jews the very utterance of the Eternal, and they hold in their grand imagination that the souls of all Jews...
Exodus 20:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW . Every necessary preparation had now been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified themselves." A wholesome dread of "brea...
Exodus 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decalogue
Exodus 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the Lord Genesis 17:7 Genesis 17:8 Leviticus 26:1 Leviticus 26:13 Deuteronomy 5:6 Deuteronomy 6:4 Deuteronomy 6:5 2 Chronicles 28:5 Psalms 50:7 Psalms 81:10 Jeremiah 31:1 Jerem...
Exodus 20:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Breaking the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written...
Exodus 20:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I am the Lord thy God — Herein, God asserts his own authority to enact this law; and proposeth himself as the sole object of that religious worship which is enjoined in the four first commandments....

Exodus 20:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 20:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 20:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes