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Exodus 20:13-18

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13 1"You shall not murder.[a]
14 2"You shall not commit adultery.
15 3"You shall not steal.
16 4"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 5"You shall not covet 6your neighbor's house; 7you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
18 Now when all the people saw 8the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid[b] and trembled, and they stood far off
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Exodus 20:13-18 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 8

  • 1. Cited Matthew 5:21; Matthew 19:18; Romans 13:9; [Genesis 9:5, 6; 1 John 3:15]
  • 2. Leviticus 18:20; Deuteronomy 22:22; Proverbs 6:32; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Hebrews 13:4; Cited Matthew 5:27; Romans 13:9
  • 3. Leviticus 19:11; Ephesians 4:28; Cited Matthew 19:18; Romans 13:9
  • 4. Exodus 23:1; Proverbs 19:5, 9; Proverbs 21:28; Proverbs 24:28; Proverbs 25:18; Cited Matthew 19:18; See Deuteronomy 19:16-20
  • 5. Luke 12:15; Ephesians 5:3, 5; Cited Romans 7:7; Romans 13:9; [Colossians 3:5; Hebrews 13:5]
  • 6. Micah 2:2
  • 7. Jeremiah 5:8; Matthew 5:28
  • 8. Hebrews 12:18

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
  • [b]. Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text the people saw
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