Exodus 20:2-6

2 1"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 2"You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 3"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 4You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am 5a jealous God, 6visiting 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.

Cross References 6

  • 1. Leviticus 26:13; Psalms 81:10; Hosea 13:4
  • 2. 2 Kings 17:35; Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 35:15
  • 3. Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 27:15; Psalms 97:7; [Acts 17:29]
  • 4. Exodus 23:24; Joshua 23:7
  • 5. Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 6:15; Joshua 24:19; Nahum 1:2
  • 6. Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; [Psalms 79:8; Psalms 109:14; Isaiah 65:6, 7; Jeremiah 32:18]

Footnotes 2

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