Exodus 20:3 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before Me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

KJV

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory of Nyssa

ON THE FAITH (395)

God commands us by His prophet not to esteem any new God to be God, and not to worship any strange God. Now it is clear that that is called new which is not from everlasting, and on the contrary, that is called everlasting which is not new.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt have no other gods before me - אלהים אחרים elohim acherim, no strange gods - none that thou art not acquainted with, none who has not given thee such proofs of his power and godhead as I have done in delivering thee from the Egyptians, dividing the Red Sea, bringing water out of the rock, quails into the desert, manna from heaven to feed thee, and the pillar of cloud to direct, enlighten, and shield thee.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹֽ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶֽה־	yih.yeh-	it will be[long]	H1961 →
לְךָ֛֩	le.Kha	to <the> you
אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים	'E.lo.Him	gods	H430 →
אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים	'a.che.Rim	other	H312 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃	pa.Na.i	face my	H6440 →

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 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
leads to
- Mark 12:30
  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
- Matthew 22:37
  Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Luke 10:27
  He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Deuteronomy 10:12
  And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 30:6
  The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Through
Matthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:13–14
  Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- Deuteronomy 10:20
  You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- Joshua 24:14
  Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.