Exodus 20:17 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:17

You 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.”

BSB

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ASV

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

KJV

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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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 2.26.130 (397)

Love of money then is an old, an ancient vice, which showed itself even at the declaration of the divine law; for a law was given to check it.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַחְמֹ֖ד	tach.Mod	you must covet	H2530 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
רֵעֶ֑ךָ	re.'E.kha	neighbor your	H7453 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תַחְמֹ֞ד	tach.Mod	you must covet	H2530 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
רֵעֶ֗ךָ	re.'E.kha	neighbor your	H7453 →
וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ	ve.'av.Do	and [male] servant his	H5650 →
וַאֲמָתוֹ֙	va.'a.ma.To	and female servant his	H519 →
וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ	ve.sho.Ro	and ox his	H7794 →
וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ	va.cha.mo.Ro	and donkey his	H2543 →
וְכֹ֖ל	ve.Khol	and all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃ פ	le.re.'E.kha	[belongs] to neighbor your	H7453 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:8
  The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
- Joshua 1:5
  No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:6
  Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:22
  Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Isaiah 41:17
  The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Through
Ephesians 5:3
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
leads to
- Colossians 3:5
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Romans 13:9
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
leads to
- Exodus 20:12–17
  Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Matthew 22:39
  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’