Deuteronomy 5:9 meaning and explanation
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Deuteronomy 5:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses recounts the covenant at Horeb and quotes God's own words from the mountain. The command forbids bowing to carved images, and the reason given is that the LORD is jealous, a word (Hebrew qanna) meaning he will not share the loyalty that belongs to him alone.
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