Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments// Deuteronomy 5:6–21

¹And God spoke all these words:

²“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

³You shall have no other gods before Me.

• EX 20:3[DEMONIC]God commands no other gods and no idols

⁴You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. ⁵You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, ⁶but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

• EX 20:5[DEMONIC]Visiting iniquity to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me

⁷You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

⁸Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. ⁹Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁰but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ¹¹For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

• EX 20:11[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → ACTS 4:24
• EX 20:11[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → ACTS 14:15

¹²Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.

• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 15:4
• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 19:18-19
• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 7:10
• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 10:19
• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 18:20
• EX 20:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → EPH 6:2-3

¹³You shall not murder.

• EX 20:13[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 5:21
• EX 20:13[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 13:9
• EX 20:13[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JAS 2:11

¹⁴You shall not commit adultery.

• EX 20:14[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 5:27

¹⁵You shall not steal.

¹⁶You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

¹⁷You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

• EX 20:17[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 7:7

Moses Comforts the People// Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29

¹⁸When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance. ¹⁹“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

• EX 20:18[MIRACLE]The people tremble and stand far off

²⁰“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.” ²¹And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Idolatry Forbidden// 1 Corinthians 10:14–22

²²Then Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven. ²³You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

• EX 20:23[DEMONIC]God forbids making gods of silver or gold

²⁴You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

²⁵Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it. ²⁶And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’