25th July 2021 - ”God is Jealous” - Exodus 20:1-6 & 34:12-14

Exodus 20:1-6 

 

New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

The Ten Commandments

20 And God spoke all these words:

2 ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

3 ‘You shall have no other gods before[a] me.

4 ‘You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Footnotes:

1. Exodus 20:3 Or besides

 

Exodus 34:12-14 

12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a] 14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Footnotes:

1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah