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Exodus 20:3 — Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:3 · KJV

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The verses around Exodus 20:3.

1And God spake all these words, saying,

2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4Thou 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:

5Thou 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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Verse explanation

The first commandment demands exclusivity: no other god may be placed beside or above the God of Israel.

From the Exodus 20 study in Bible in Stories.

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