--- title: "Exodus 20 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Exodus 20 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou sh" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/exodus/20" --- [ Read](/kjv/exodus/20)[ Commentary](/study/exodus/20)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/exodus/20) Audio 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I *am* the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.* 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou 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: 5 Thou 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; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 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. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 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, nor thy stranger that *is* within thy gates: 11 For *in* 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. 12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that *is* thy neighbour’s. 18 ¶ And 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. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God *was*. 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 ¶ An altar 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 record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.* 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. [Exodus 19](/study/exodus/19) [Exodus 21](/study/exodus/21) ## Commentary To verse 1 **God spake** . Hebrew. *Elohim* : hence of universal application. Compare [Hebrews 1:0](/kjv/hebrews/1/0) .[Deuteronomy 4:12](/kjv/deuteronomy/4/12) .[Hebrews 12:26](/kjv/hebrews/12/26) ; Not Jehovah, for this title would have limited the law to Israel. See App-4 , and note on [Exodus 6:2](/kjv/exodus/6/2) . **all these words** . It has been asserted that there are three strata of laws in the Pentateuch (1) The Prophetic code. Exodus. 20-23 and [Exodus 34:17-20](/kjv/exodus/34/17-20) . (2) The Priest code. Rest of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. (3) The Deuteronomy code. But the *Structures* of these books, displayed above, show that these were all in perfect order, spoken "at sundry times and in divers manners. " The Ten Commandments divided by Christ into two [tables], Duty to God and Neighbour ([Matthew 22:37-40](/kjv/matthew/22/37-40) ). Divided by man into four and six. By Roman Catholics (in their Catechism) the second is joined to the first, and the tenth is divided into two. But this is impossible: see the Structure of Commandment X on [Exodus 20:17](/kjv/exodus/20/17) . The Structure of the whole divides them into 5 + 5, the number of Grace. See App-10 , and p. [John 1:17](/kjv/john/1/17) , "the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ", which, by the Figure of speech, *Hendiadys* ( App-6 ) = "true grace". For there was grace in the law, seeing no other nation was favoured with it. Moreover, the first five are linked together by the words "the LORD thy God", the second five by the word "Thou". **saying** . The Ten Commandments begin, therefore, with [Exodus 20:2](/kjv/exodus/20/2) . 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