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Then God gave the people all these instructions :
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“I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
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“You must not have any other god but me.
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“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
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You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
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But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.