Self-interpreting Bible

Exodus 20

1The ten commandments. 3The first table. 12The second table. 18The people are afraid; Moses comforteth them. 22Idolatry is forbidden. 24Directions concerning building an altar of earth, and altars of stone.

1 AND God ^aspake all these words, saying,

a: De. 5:6 - 22 , Ac. 7:38 , Ac. 7:53

2 ^bI am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ¹bondage.

b: De. 5:6 , Ps. 81:10 , Ps. 50:7 , Ps. 116:16 , Ps. 119:32 , Je. 31:33 , Je. 30:22 , Zec. 13:9 , Ge. 17:7 , Ro. 3:29 , Lu. 1:74 , Lu. 1:75 , Le. 26:13 , Ho. 13:4
1: Heb. servants.

3 ^cThou shalt have no other gods before me.

c: Ps. 29:2 , Ps. 81:9 , Ps. 95:6 , Ps. 95:7 , Ps. 63:6 , Ps. 71:19 , Ps. 35:10 , Ps. 73:25 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 37:4 , Ps. 32:11 , 1Jn. 5:21 , 1Co. 8:4 , 1Co. 8:5 , 1Ch. 28:9 , De. 6:5 , De. 6:14 , De. 26:17 , Is. 43:10 , Is. 45:23 , Is. 26:4 , Is. 26:8 , Is. 8:13 , Je. 14:22 , Je. 7:23 , Mat. 4:10 , Mal. 1:6 , Mal. 3:16 , Ec. 12:1 , Ex. 15:11 , Ex. 14:31 , Jos. 24:15 - 24 , Phi. 4:4 , Phi. 4:6 , Nu. 25:11 , Ja. 4:7 , 2Ki. 17:35

4 ^dThou shalt not make unto thee any ^egraven 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:

d: Le. 26:1 , Ps. 97:7 , Ac. 17:29 , Ro. 1:22 , Ro. 1:23 , De. 4:15 , 2Ch. 25:14 , 1Ki. 12:28
e: De. 4:16

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a ^fjealous God, ^gvisiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

f: Ex. 34:14 , De. 4:24 , De. 6:15 , Jos. 24:19 , Ne. 1:2 , Is. 48:11 , He. 12:29
g: Ex. 34:7 , Nu. 14:18 , Nu. 14:33 , 1Sa. 15:3 , 1Ki. 21:29 , Is. 14:20 , Is. 14:21 , Is. 65:6 , Is. 65:7 , Je. 2:9 , Je. 32:18 , Mat. 23:34 , Mat. 23:35 , Le. 20:5 , Le. 26:39 , Le. 26:40 , Ps. 79:8 , Ps. 109:13 , Ps. 109:14

6 And ^hshewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

h: De. 4:19 , De. 5:29 , De. 7:9 , Ps. 89:34 , Ps. 103:17

7 ⁱThou 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.

i: Le. 19:12 , De. 5:11 , De. 6:13 , Mat. 5:33 , Ja. 5:12 , Ps. 15:4 , Ps. 50:16 , Ps. 50:17 , Je. 4:2 , Je. 7:4 , Je. 7:9 , Je. 7:10 , Je. 7:14 , Ac. 17:23 , Mal. 1:6 , Mal. 1:7 , Mal. 1:12 , Mal. 3:14 , 1Sa. 4:3 - 5 , 2Ki. 18:30 , 2Ki. 18:35 , Ex. 23:1

8 ^jRemember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

j: Ex. 24:12 , Ex. 24:14 , Ex. 16:25 , Ex. 31:14 , Ex. 31:15 , Ex. 34:21 , Ex. 35:2 , Ex. 35:3 , Le. 23:3 , Le. 23:7 , Nu. 28:18 , Nu. 15:32 - 36 , De. 5:12 , Is. 58:13 , Je. 17:21 - 27 , Eze. 20:12 , Lu. 13:14

9 ^kSix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

k: Ex. 35:2 , Eze. 20:12

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, ^lnor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

l: Ne. 13:16 - 19

11 For ^min 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.

m: Ex. 31:17 , Ge. 2:1 , Ge. 2:2 , De. 5:15

12 ¶ⁿHonour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

n: De. 5:16 , De. 27:16 , Mat. 15:4 , Ep. 6:1 - 3 , Le. 19:3 , Le. 19:32 , Ro. 13:5 , Ro. 13:9 , 1Ki. 2:19 , 1Ki. 8:25 , Pr. 6:20 , Mar. 7:10 - 13 , Mar. 10:19 , 1Ti. 5:1 , 1Ti. 5:2 , 1Ti. 5:4 , Ge. 9:21 , Ge. 9:22 , Ge. 45:8 , 2Ki. 5:13 , 2Ki. 2:12 , 2Ki. 13:14 , Ga. 4:19 , Is. 49:23 , 2Ch. 4:16 , 1Co. 11:1 , He. 13:7 , Je. 35:6 - 19 , Lu. 18:20 , Ep. 6:3

13 ^oThou shalt not kill.

o: Mat. 5:21 , Mat. 5:22 , Mat. 19:18 , 1Jn. 3:15 , Ep. 4:31 , Ep. 4:32 , Ro. 12:15 , Ro. 13:9 , Ja. 2:11 , Re. 13:10

14 ^pThou shalt not commit adultery.

p: Ep. 5:3 , Col. 3:5 , 1Th. 4:3 , 1Th. 4:4 , Mat. 5:27 , Mat. 5:28 , 2Pe. 2:14 , Is. 3:16 , Pr. 5:8 , 1Ti. 2:9 , 1Ti. 2:10 , 1Pe. 2:11 , Ro. 2:22 , 1Co. 6:9

15 ^qThou shalt not steal.

q: 1Th. 4:6 , Ep. 4:28 , Ro. 13:7 - 9 , Mat. 7:12 , Phi. 4:8 , Mi. 6:8 , Ps. 15:2 - 5

16 ^rThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

r: Le. 5:1 , De. 5:20 , De. 19:16 - 20 , Mat. 19:18 , Pr. 19:5 , Pr. 19:9

17 ^sThou shalt not covet ^tthy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet ^uthy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

s: Ro. 7:7 , Ro. 13:9 , De. 5:21 , Ac. 20:33 , He. 13:5 , Col. 3:5 , 1Co. 5:11 , 1Co. 6:10
t: Lu. 12:15
u: Mat. 5:28

18 ¶^vAnd 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.

v: He. 12:18 , He. 12:19 , Ex. 19:16 , Ex. 19:18 , Re. 1:10 , Re. 1:12 , Re. 1:15 , Re. 1:17

19 And they said unto Moses, ^wSpeak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

w: De. 5:23 - 28 , De. 18:16 , Ex. 19:16 , Ex. 19:19 , Ga. 3:19 , Ga. 3:20 , He. 12:19

20 And Moses said unto the people, ^xFear not: for God is come to ^y^*prove you, and that his ^zfear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

x: Ge. 15:1 , 1Sa. 12:20
y: Ge. 22:1 , Ex. 15:25 , De. 8:2 , De. 13:2 , De. 13:3
*: prove-test, try.
z: Mat. 10:28 , Ga. 3:19 , Ge. 20:11 , De. 4:10 , Pr. 3:7 , Is. 8:13

21 And the ^apeople stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto ^bthe thick darkness where God was.

a: Ex. 19:16 , He. 12:18 , 1Ki. 8:12 , De. 5:5
b: De. 4:11 , Ps. 18:9 , Ps. 97:2

22 ¶And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have ^ctalked with you from heaven.

c: De. 4:36 , Ne. 9:13

23 Ye ^dshall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

d: Ex. 20:3 - 5 , 2Sa. 5:21 , 2Ki. 17:33 , Eze. 20:39 , Eze. 23:17 , Eze. 23:20 , Eze. 23:39 , Eze. 43:8 , Zep. 1:4 , Zep. 1:5 , 2Co. 6:14 - 16

24 ¶An ^ealtar 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 ^frecord my name I will come unto thee, and I will ^gbless thee.

e: Is. 4:2 , Je. 31:22 , Ro. 8:3 , Ro. 9:5 , He. 2:14
f: De. 12:5 , De. 12:11 , De. 12:21 , 1Ki. 8:29 , Mat. 18:20 , Ro. 15:8 - 19 , Ezr. 6:12 , Ne. 1:9
g: Ps. 134:3 , Ps. 147:13 , Ps. 72:17 , Ep. 1:3 , 2Sa. 6:12

25 And ^hif thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not ²build it ⁱof ^*hewn stone: for if thou lift up ^jthy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

h: De. 27:5 , Jos. 8:31
2: Heb. build them hewing.
i: 1Ki. 5:17
*: hewn-shaped by cutting or chopping.
j: 1Co. 1:17 , 1Co. 2:4 , 1Co. 2:5 , 1Co. 2:13 , 1Co. 2:14 , De. 12:32 , Re. 22:18 , Re. 22:19

26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that ^kthy nakedness be not ^*discovered thereon.

k: Ec. 5:1 , 1Th. 5:22 , He. 10:22 , He. 12:28
*: discovered-come in view of.