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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
Against _mental_ or _theoretic idolatry_.
Verse Exodus 20:2. _I_ AM _THE_ LORD _THY GOD_] יהוה אלהיך
_Yehovah_ _eloheycha_. On the word JEHOVAH, which we here translate
LORD,...
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The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten
commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy
10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandmen
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CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED
_ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_
2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18)
This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First
orally here,...
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EXODUS 20-24, 34. THE CODES IN EXODUS. Recent study has by many
converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of
words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with
the...
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THE LORD THY GOD.
The possessive word "thy" points the covenant between God and his
people. When taken in the full depth of its meaning it involves that
God has chosen them to be his people. He is th...
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I AM, &c.. "I, Jehovah [am] thy God (Hebrew. _Elohim)_. " App-4.
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ thy God. This must go with Com. I, or we
should not have the five repetitions of it in the first five....
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The _Testimony_(or _attestation, averment_, viz. of God's will; see on
Exodus 25:16): 36 times in P (cf. _ibid._). Elsewhere in this sense
only 2 Kings 11:12 (but doubtfully: see Skinner in the _Centu...
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I AM THE LORD THY GOD, &C.— This is supposed, by some, to be the
preface of the first commandment; but it appears, rather, to be the
general introduction to them all, especially as it is found in
Levi...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
20 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING,
(2) I am Je-ho-vah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of
E-gypt, out of the house of bondage.
(3) Thou shalt have no ot...
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_I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH HAVE BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF
EGYPT, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE._
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt. God's right to give la...
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20:2 bondage. (a-21) See Note b, ch. 13.3....
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (VV. 1-21)
Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or
'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and
social life of the people, and call...
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Redemption is the ground of obedience which springs, not from fear,
but from gratitude and love: see Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 1
John 4:19. This evangelical truth of obedience springing from
gr...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 20
GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17
V1 God spoke all these wor...
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I AM THE LORD THY GOD. — The binding nature of commands upon the
conscience depends upon the authority of the person who issues them.
That there might be no dispute as to what the authority was in the...
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אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ
אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֹוצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵ...
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THE “TEN WORDS” SPOKEN AT SINAI
Exodus 20:1
The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of
Moses. See John 1:17; Acts 7:53. It tells us, not what God is, for
that is only shown...
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Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a
proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am
Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
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_Thy God. By this endearing title, we are all required to consecrate
our whole hearts and souls to our only Maker and Redeemer; and
therefore we must love God sincerely, and comply with all his
comman...
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Observe the argument the Lord is pleased to make use of, for more
strongly enforcing the divine precepts that follow in this Chapter. He
saith I am the Lord. The Lord, the Creator, the first self-exis...
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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I AM THE LORD THY GOD,.... This verse does not contain the first of
these commands, but is a preface to them, showing that God had a right
to enact and enjoin the people of Israel laws; and that they...
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I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ver. 2. _Which have brought thee._] God's blessings are binders; and
every deliverance a tie to...
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_I am the Lord thy God_ Herein God asserts his own authority to enact
this law; and proposeth himself as the sole object of that religious
worship which is enjoined in the four first commandments. The...
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1 The ten Commandements.
18 The people are afraid.
20 Moses comforteth them.
22 Idolatrie is forbidden.
24 Of what sort the Altar should be.
1 AND God spake all these words, saying,
2 [NOTE: Deut...
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THE DECALOGUE...
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I am the Lord, thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. That was the Lord's solemn
introduction to the legislation on Mount Sinai, a reminder of the
wond...
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SECOND SECTION
The Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis
of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments.
Historical Prophecy
Exodus 20-31
A. THE T...
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(vs.1-17)
Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear
that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous
grace toward them in delivering...
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BONDAGE:
_ Heb._ servants...
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1,2 God speaks many ways to the children of men; by conscience, by
providences, by his voice, to all which we ought carefully to attend;
but he never spake at any time so as he spake the TEN COMMANDM...
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The only true God, and THY GOD by special title, having entered into
covenant with thee, and chosen thee for my peculiar people, to
protect, and rule, and bless thee above all others. God's authority...
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It is of the utmost importance to understand the true character and
object of the moral law, as set forth in this chapter. There is a
tendency in the mind to confound the principles of law and grace,...
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Exodus 20:2 LORD H3068 God H430 brought H3318 (H8689) land H776 Egypt
H4714 house H1004 bondage H5650
the
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Exodus 20:2
I. This commandment does not tell the Jew that the gods worshipped by
other nations have no existence; it tells him that he must offer them
no homage, and that from him they must receive n...
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Exodus 20:1
The Ten Commandments hold a conspicuous position in that prolonged
revelation of Himself, of His character, His will, and His relations
to mankind, which God made to the Jewish people. Th...
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Exodus 20:1. _And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy
God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me._
God...
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CONTENTS: Ten commandments delivered to Moses at Sinai.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: A holy and righteous God has holy and righteous standards.
Those who love God will constantly endeavor to...
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Exodus 20:1. _God spake all these words._ In compassion to man, and
the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the
infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation at...
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_God spake all these words._
THE TEN WORDS OF GOD
I. Those Ten Commandments were to the Jews the very utterance of the
Eternal, and they hold in their grand imagination that the souls of
all Jews eve...
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EXODUS 20:1 Covenant Words and Rules. This section records what will
later be referred to as the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:7)
and includes: the Ten Commandments ...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 20:2 I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHO BROUGHT YOU
OUT OF... EGYPT. Throughout Israel’s history, the Lord will identify
himself in terms of his deliverance of the nation from Egypt (e....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 20:1. All these words.] Concerning which observe
(1.) That they _form the basis of the covenant_, of which ch. Exodus
19:3 offers the first proposal; chs. 21–23, the detailed...
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EXPOSITION
THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW. Every necessary preparation had now
been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified
themselves." A wholesome dread of "breaking" through the fe...
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And God spake these words, saying (Exodus 20:1),
Now the people said, "All that the Lord commands, we will do." All
right this is what the Lord has spoken. Now these are the commandments
of God.
I am...
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Exodus 20:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements
relative to the Christian and the Law.
1. SAINTS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW FOR SALVA...
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BREAKING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Exodus 20:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were
written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written on one...
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I am the Lord thy God — Herein, God asserts his own authority to
enact this law; and proposeth himself as the sole object of that
religious worship which is enjoined in the four first commandments.
Th...