Deuteronomy 5:7

7 You must have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:7

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:6).

Deuteronomy 5:7 In-Context

5 At that time, I was standing between the LORD and you, declaring to you the LORD's word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn't go up on the mountain." The LORD said:
6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 You must have no other gods before me.
8 Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
9 Do not bow down to them or worship them because I, the LORD your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents' sins—even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me.

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