Exodus 20:3

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt have no other gods (b) before me. (b) To whose eyes all things are open.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before Me . before My face.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 wors...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 n...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 M...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 oth...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before me] RM 'beside me.' Monotheism is implied rather than expressly enunciated here. It was only gradually that Israel rose to the truth that th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Elo...
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 ; A...
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"; s...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 gre...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 Com...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 Isra...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 any...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ten Commandments. B. C. 1491. 1 An...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 off...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:3 This was the commandment broken by Adam and Eve in Paradise; they obeyed the voice of the devil, and took him for their god instead of...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 nat...
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 "sa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decalogue
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me, no strange, false gods, no idols, over against Me, setting them up as rivals for the glory and power which b...
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...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

³ Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 20:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 20:3