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Exodus 20:3-11

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3 1"You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 2"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 3You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am 4a jealous God, 5visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 6"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 7"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 8Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
10 but the 9seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the 10sojourner who is within your gates.
11 For 11in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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Exodus 20:3-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 20

In this chapter we have an account of the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; the preface to it, Ex 20:1,2, the ten commandments it consists of, Ex 20:8-17, the circumstances attending it, which caused the people to remove at some distance, Ex 20:18, when they desired of Moses, that he would speak to them and not God, who bid them not fear, since this was for the trial of them; but still they kept at a distance, while Moses drew nigh to God, Ex 20:19-21 who ordered him to caution the children of Israel against idolatry, and directed what sort of an altar he would have made whereon to offer their sacrifices, promising that where his name was recorded he would grant his presence and blessing, Ex 20:22-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Cross References 11

  • 1. 2 Kings 17:35; Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 35:15
  • 2. Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 27:15; Psalms 97:7; [Acts 17:29]
  • 3. Exodus 23:24; Joshua 23:7
  • 4. Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 6:15; Joshua 24:19; Nahum 1:2
  • 5. Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; [Psalms 79:8; Psalms 109:14; Isaiah 65:6, 7; Jeremiah 32:18]
  • 6. Leviticus 19:12; [Matthew 5:34, 35; James 5:12]
  • 7. Leviticus 19:3, 30; Leviticus 26:2; See Exodus 31:13-17
  • 8. Exodus 23:12; Exodus 34:21; Exodus 35:2; Leviticus 23:3; Luke 13:14
  • 9. Exodus 16:26; Exodus 31:15; Genesis 2:2, 3; Ezekiel 20:12; See Numbers 15:32-36
  • 10. See Nehemiah 13:16-19
  • 11. See Gen. 1:1 - 2:3

Footnotes 2

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.