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Chapter 20
(Exodus 20 KJV) "And God spake all these words, saying, {2} I am
the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage. {3} Thou shalt have no other gods before
me. {4} Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: {5} Thou shalt not
bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; {6} And
showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments.
Don't overlook the significance of the phrase, "Them that hate me." It
lies at the core of all idolatry. And never forget that there are people
who hate God.
{7} Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for
the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. {8}
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. {9} Six days shalt thou
labour, and do all thy work: {10} But the seventh day is the sabbath
of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: {11} For in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it. {12} Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy
days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
{13} Thou shalt not kill. {14} Thou shalt not commit adultery. {15}
Thou shalt not steal. {16} Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbour. {17} Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's. {18} And all the people saw the thunderings, and the
lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking:
and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. {19} And
they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let
not God speak with us, lest we die. {20} And Moses said unto the
people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may
be before your faces, that ye sin not. {21} And the people stood afar
off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. {22}
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of
Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. {23} Ye
shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you
gods of gold. {24} An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and
shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings,
thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will
come unto thee, and I will bless thee. {25} And if thou wilt make me
an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou
lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. {26} Neither shalt
thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not
discovered thereon."
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Sinless Life
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