Exodus 20:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. ”

Exodus 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the building of altars must have been old and accepted, an...
Exodus 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:22-26 E. Laws of Worship. This begins the Book of the Covenant, a small collection of religious and moral laws. The reference to God as talking with the people from heaven ( Exodus 20:2...
Exodus 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver - The expressions here are very remarkable. Before it was said, Ye shal...
Exodus 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver. It appears from Deuteronomy 4:14-16 that this injunction was...
Exodus 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT. (22-26) In the remainder of Exodus 20 , and in the three Chapter s which follow, we have a series of laws delivered by God to Moses, immediately after the delivery of th...
Exodus 20:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest,...
Exodus 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the People Fear; Idols and Altars Exodus 20:18-26 When our Lord was on earth He was so attractive and winsome that the publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him, penitents wept at His feet, c...
Exodus 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! observe how earnest the Lord is to guard the people from every species of idolatry. Deuteronomy 4:15-16 .
Exodus 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall not make with me ,.... This is a proposition of itself, as appears by the accent Athnach placed at the end of it, which divides it from the following, and therefore "gods of silver" belong...
Exodus 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. Ver. 23. Ye shall not male with me gods. ] Say we of such petty deities as that heathen did, Contemno minutu...
Exodus 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

While the people continued to stand afar off Afraid of God's wrath, Moses drew near unto the thick darkness He was made to draw near; so the word is: Of himself he durst not have ventured into...
Exodus 20:23 - 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 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law Concerning Altars. B. C. 1491. 22 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Thus thou sh...
Exodus 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With me, i.e. to worship together with me; I will allow no companion ; or, to me , as it follows, unto you ; and Exodus 20:24 , unto me; and the particle eth is sometimes used for el , or...
Exodus 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Instruction Concerning Future Worship ( Exodus 20:22-26 ). In view of their fears, and the commands that He has given in Exodus 20:3-5 , Yahweh now makes provision for their worship. The...
Exodus 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:23 . Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither, &c.] We prefer the Massoretic punctuation of this verse, which reveals a delicate appreciation of the meanin...
Exodus 20:23 - 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 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye shall not make Me gods of silver. God’s voice, but not a form God’s voice. Indicative of the Divine personality. II. God’s abhorrence of idolatry. Our loftiest conceptions, embodied in th...
Exodus 20:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT , ( Exodus 20:1-2 . Exodus 20:22 , to Exodus 22:1-2 . Exodus 22:23 Exodus 22:23 ). The Decalogue is followed by a series of laws, civil, social,...
Exodus 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Precept Concerning the Altar
Exodus 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:3-5 Exodus 32:1-4 1 Samuel 5:4 1 Samuel 5:5 2 Kings 17:33 2 Kings 17:41 Ezekiel 20:39 Ezekiel 43:8 Daniel 5:4 Daniel 5:23 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Corinthians 10:21 1 Corint...

Exodus 20:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 20:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 20:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge