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## Deuteronomy 5:8-9 in Context (Verses 5–12 KJV)
 
 [5 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/5) (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
 
 [6 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/6) ¶ I *am* the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/7) Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/8) Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth:
 
 [9 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/9) Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 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,
 
 [10 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/10) And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/11) Thou 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.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/deuteronomy/5/12) Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
 
[Deuteronomy 4](/kjv/deuteronomy/4) [Deuteronomy 6](/kjv/deuteronomy/6)

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