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Exodus Chapter 20

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Exodus

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In this chapter God commands Moses to speak the Ten Commandments to the Israelites, who are gathered at the edge of the wilderness. The commandments cover moral duties, worship, and the sanctity of time, establishing the foundation of Israel's covenant with God. The chapter ends with a warning that those who do not obey will be cut off from the blessings of the covenant.

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(1) And God spake all these words, saying,
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Deuteronomy 4:33Deuteronomy 4:36Deuteronomy 5:4Deuteronomy 5:22Acts 7:38Acts 7:53

(2) I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:8Leviticus 26:1Leviticus 26:13Deuteronomy 5:6Deuteronomy 6:4Deuteronomy 6:5II Chronicles 28:5Psalms 50:7Psalms 81:10Jeremiah 31:1Jeremiah 31:33

(3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Exodus 15:11Deuteronomy 5:7Deuteronomy 6:5Deuteronomy 6:14Joshua 24:18Joshua 24:19Joshua 24:20Joshua 24:21Joshua 24:22Joshua 24:23Joshua 24:24II Kings 17:29

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Judges 10:6

(4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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Exodus 32:1Exodus 32:8Exodus 32:23Exodus 34:17Leviticus 19:4Leviticus 26:1Deuteronomy 4:15Deuteronomy 4:16Deuteronomy 4:17Deuteronomy 4:18Deuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 4:23

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Deuteronomy 5:8Ezekiel 1:26Leviticus 26:1Habakkuk 2:18Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31

(5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
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Exodus 23:24Leviticus 26:1Joshua 23:7Joshua 23:16Judges 2:19II Kings 17:35II Kings 17:41II Chronicles 25:14Isaiah 44:15Isaiah 44:19Matthew 4:9Exodus 34:14

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Deuteronomy 5:9Exodus 34:7Numbers 14:18Revelation 8:12II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2

(6) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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Deuteronomy 4:37Deuteronomy 5:29Deuteronomy 7:9Jeremiah 32:39Jeremiah 32:40Acts 2:39Romans 11:28Romans 11:29John 14:15John 14:21I John 4:19I John 5:3

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Deuteronomy 5:10John 15:10Luke 6:32Deuteronomy 7:9Nehemiah 1:5Daniel 9:4

(7) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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Leviticus 19:12Leviticus 24:11Leviticus 24:12Leviticus 24:13Leviticus 24:14Leviticus 24:15Leviticus 24:16Deuteronomy 5:11Psalms 50:14Psalms 50:15Psalms 50:16Proverbs 30:9

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Deuteronomy 5:11I Samuel 12:21Psalms 39:6Psalms 127:1Isaiah 49:4Jeremiah 8:8

(8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Exodus 16:23Exodus 16:24Exodus 16:25Exodus 16:26Exodus 16:27Exodus 16:28Exodus 16:29Exodus 16:30Exodus 31:13Exodus 31:14Genesis 2:3Leviticus 19:3

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Leviticus 26:42Nehemiah 13:19

(9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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Exodus 23:12Luke 13:14

(10) But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
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Exodus 31:13Exodus 34:21Exodus 16:27Exodus 16:28Numbers 15:32Numbers 15:33Numbers 15:34Numbers 15:35Numbers 15:36Luke 23:56Deuteronomy 5:14Deuteronomy 5:15

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Deuteronomy 5:14Deuteronomy 16:11Deuteronomy 16:14Nehemiah 13:19Deuteronomy 12:18Luke 12:53

(11) For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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Exodus 31:17Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Psalms 95:4Psalms 95:5Psalms 95:6Psalms 95:7Mark 2:27Mark 2:28Acts 20:7

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Exodus 31:15Leviticus 23:3Genesis 2:3Genesis 2:2Exodus 16:26Exodus 31:17

(12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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Exodus 21:15Exodus 21:17Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:32I Kings 2:19II Kings 2:12Proverbs 1:8Proverbs 1:9Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 20:20Proverbs 23:22Proverbs 23:23

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Luke 12:53Deuteronomy 5:16Matthew 15:4Mark 7:10

(17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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Genesis 3:6Genesis 14:23Genesis 34:23Joshua 7:21I Samuel 15:19Psalms 10:3Psalms 119:36Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 5:10Ecclesiastes 5:11Isaiah 33:15Isaiah 57:17

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Deuteronomy 5:21Deuteronomy 5:14Exodus 21:32Numbers 22:23Exodus 22:8Exodus 22:11

(18) And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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Exodus 19:16Exodus 19:17Exodus 19:18Psalms 139:7Psalms 139:8Jeremiah 23:23

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Ezra 3:13II Kings 7:6Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13

(19) And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
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Deuteronomy 18:16Acts 7:38Exodus 33:20Genesis 32:30

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Leviticus 10:6II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(20) And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
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I Samuel 12:20Isaiah 41:10Exodus 15:25Exodus 15:26Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:12Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 13:3Genesis 20:11Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 10:12Joshua 24:14

(21) And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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Exodus 19:16Exodus 19:17Deuteronomy 5:5I Kings 8:12II Chronicles 6:1Psalms 18:9Psalms 18:12Psalms 97:2Psalms 104:2I Timothy 6:16

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Deuteronomy 4:11Job 10:22Joel 2:2Zephaniah 1:15Matthew 6:23I John 2:11

(22) And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
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Deuteronomy 4:36Nehemiah 9:13Hebrews 12:25Hebrews 12:26

(23) Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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Exodus 20:3Exodus 20:4Exodus 20:5Exodus 32:1Exodus 32:2Exodus 32:3Exodus 32:4I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 5:5II Kings 17:33II Kings 17:41Ezekiel 20:39

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Judges 10:6Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16Numbers 25:2Deuteronomy 6:14Deuteronomy 12:30

(24) An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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John 4:24Leviticus 1:1Leviticus 1:2Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 1:4Leviticus 1:5Leviticus 1:6Leviticus 1:7Leviticus 1:8Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 1:11

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39II Chronicles 7:7Ezekiel 45:17Leviticus 7:29Deuteronomy 12:6

(25) And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
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Deuteronomy 27:5Deuteronomy 27:6Joshua 8:31

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Isaiah 28:16Genesis 29:3Exodus 28:10Exodus 34:4I Samuel 6:18I Samuel 17:49

(26) Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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Leviticus 10:3Psalms 89:7Ecclesiastes 5:1Hebrews 12:28Hebrews 12:29I Peter 1:16

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 20:17Ezekiel 23:18

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