Do not have other gods besides me.(A)

Do not make an idol(B) for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(C) bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations(D) of those who hate me,

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“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.(A)

“You shall not make for yourself an image(B) in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship(C) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(D) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(E) to the third and fourth generation(F) of those who hate me,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:3 Or besides

11 I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own,(A)
for how can I[a] be defiled?
I will not give my glory to another.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 48:11 DSS, Syr; MT reads it

11 For my own sake,(A) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(B)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(C)

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