Exodus 20:2 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:2

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I am the Lord thy God - יהוה אלהיך Yehovah eloheycha. On the word Jehovah, which we here translate Lord, see Clarke’s note on Gen 2:4, and see Clarke’s note on Exo 6:3. And on the word Elohim, here translated God, see Clarke’s note on Gen 1:1. It is worthy of remark that each individual is addressed here, and not the people collectively, though they are all necessarily included; that each might feel that he was bound for himself to hear and do all these words.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

And surely it was necessary that, first of all, the right of the legislator should be established, lest what He chose to command should be despised, or contemptuously received. In these words, then, God seeks to procure reverence to Himself, before He prescribes the rule of a holy and righteous life.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I am the Lord thy God--This is a preface to the ten commandments--the latter clause being specially applicable to the case of the Israelites, while the former brings it home to all mankind; showing that the reasonableness of the law is founded in their eternal relation as creatures to their Creator, and their mutual relations to each other.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ	ho.tze.Ti.kha	I brought out you	H3318 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
מִבֵּ֣֥ית	mi.Beit	from a house of	H1004 →
עֲבָדִיֽ֑ם׃	'a.va.Dim	slaves	H5650 →

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

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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
Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
leads to
- Exodus 20:2–17
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Through
Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 24:18
  Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
- Deuteronomy 5:15
  Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the…
- Deuteronomy 16:12
  Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 5:6
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 15:15
  Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
Through
Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
leads to
- John 15:7
  If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
- Psalms 107:9
  For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.