🔥WEB · Exodus 20:3

What does Exodus 20:3 mean?

"“You shall have no other gods before me."

— Exodus 20:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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God spoke all these words, saying,

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“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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“You shall have no other gods before me.

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“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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