“ Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ”
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...
Thou shalt have no other gods (b) before me. (b) To whose eyes all things are open.
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...
before Me . before My face.
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. In this commandment God enjoins that He alone should be worshipped, and requires a worship free from all superstition. For although it se...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt have no other gods before me - אלהים אחרים elohim acherim, no strange gods - none that thou art not acquainted with, none who has not given thee su...
Thou shalt have no other Gods before me— After the general preface follow the commandments; which, as we read hereafter, were delivered by God to Moses in two tables; the one containing, accordin...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt have no other gods before me - Heb., Let there not be, or, There shall not be to thee other gods х `al ( H5921 ) paanaaya ( H6440...
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...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — Heb., There shalt be to thee no other god before me. The result is the same, whether we translate Elohim by “god” or “gods;” but the singular verb sho...
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...
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,...
This is the first of the four first commandments, which belong to the first table of the law, concerning our duty to God. Our blessed Lord is the great Commentator upon it. Matthew 22:36-38 .
THE ONLY GOD ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.’ Exodus 20:3 I do not know whether you have ever noticed the great part which the Commandments play in the instruction of members of th...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. This is the first command, and is opposed to the polytheism of the Gentiles, the Egyptians, from whom Israel was just come, and whose gods some of them migh...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Ver. 3. Thou shalt have. ] This "thou" reacheth every man. Xenophon saith of Cyrus, that when he gave anything in command, he never said, Let some one do t...
The first commandment is concerning the object of our worship, Jehovah , and him only: Thou shalt have no other gods before me The Egyptians, and other neighbouring nations, had many gods, creatur...
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...
The Ten Commandments. B. C. 1491. 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am th...
Heb. There shall not be to thee another god, or other gods, to wit, idols, which others have, esteem, and worship as gods, and therefore Scripture so calls them by way of supposition, Deuteronomy...
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 20:2-3 I. This commandment does not tell the Jew that the gods worshipped by other nations have no existence; it tells him that he must offer them no homage, and that from him they must rec...
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 20:1 . 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...
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. The First Commandment I. This Commandment does not tell the Jews that the gods worshipped by other nations have no existence; it tells him that he must...
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...
The Decalogue
Exodus 15:11 Deuteronomy 5:7 Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 6:14 Joshua 24:18-24 2 Kings 17:29-35 Psalms 29:2 Psalms 73:25 Psalms 81:9 Isaiah 26:4 Isaiah 43:10 Isaiah 44:8 Isaia...
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...
The first commandment is concerning the object of our worship, Jehovah, and him only, Thou shalt have no other gods before me — The Egyptians, and other neighbouring nations, had many gods, creatur...