you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 20:5 in context
Exodus 20:2–8
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“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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“You shall have no other gods before me.
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“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
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and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
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