Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Exodus
Chapter 20  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:1 JFB -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Entry for 20:1 WEN -> Notes on 20:1 NTB -> Amram; Decalogue; Israel; Law; Revelation; Sinai; Word Of God TTT -> Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Idolatry; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God 20:1 - [In Context] Then God said,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:2 JFB -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Entry for 20:2 WEN -> Notes on 20:2 NTB -> Decalogue; God (continued); Law TTT -> Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Idolatry; Law of God, The; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God; Trinity, The EBD -> Bondage TV -> Devotional using 20:2 TV -> Devotional using 20:2 20:2 - [In Context] "I am the Lord F123 your God. I led you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves. {So you must obey these commands:}
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:3 JFB -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Entry for 20:3 WEN -> Notes on 20:3 NTB -> Commandments; Decalogue; God (continued); Idolatry; Law; Punishment; Table; Worship TTT -> Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Idolatry; Law of God, The; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Decalogue TV -> Devotional using 20:3 TV -> Devotional using 20:3 20:3 - [In Context] "You must not worship any other gods except me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:4 JFB -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:4 SRN -> Study Notes on 20:4 TSK -> Commentary on 20:4 TSK -> Entry for 20:4 WEN -> Notes on 20:4 NTB -> Commandments; Decalogue; Idol; Idolatry; Law; Punishment; Table TTT -> Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Fishes; Idolatry; Law of God, The; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Decalogue SBD -> Fish 20:4 - [In Context] "You must not make any idols. F124 Don't make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:5 JFB -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Entry for 20:5 WEN -> Notes on 20:5 NTB -> Anthropomorphisms; Children; Commandments; Decalogue; God (continued); Heredity; Idolatry; Jealousy; Law; Parents; Punishment; Reasoning; Sin; Table; Wicked (People) TTT -> Children; Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Idolatry; Judgments; Law of God, The; Parents; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Church; Decalogue 20:5 - [In Context] Don't worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. F125 People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:6 JFB -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Entry for 20:6 WEN -> Notes on 20:6 NTB -> Commandments; Decalogue; God (continued); Heredity; Idolatry; Law; Love; Obedience; Parents; Reward; Table TTT -> Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Law of God, The; Love to God; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Decalogue; Mercy 20:6 - [In Context] But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations! F126
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:7 JFB -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:7 TSK -> Commentary on 20:7 TSK -> Entry for 20:7 WEN -> Notes on 20:7 NTB -> Blasphemy; Commandments; Decalogue; God; God (continued); Judgments; Law; Oath; Quotations And Allusions; Table TTT -> Blasphemy; Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Law of God, The; Priests; Swearing, Profane; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Decalogue SBD -> Oath 20:7 - [In Context] "You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way. If a person uses the Lord's name in a wrong way, then that person is guilty. And the Lord will not make him innocent.
FOOTNOTES: F123: Lord   Or, "YAHWEH." F124: idols   Statues of false gods that people worshiped. F125: I hate … gods   Or, "I am El Kanah--the Jealous God." F126: But I will be … generations   Or, "But I will show mercy to thousands of people that love me and obey my commands."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.