🔥WEB · Exodus 20:16
What does Exodus 20:16 mean?
"“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
— Exodus 20:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
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