Exodus 20:17 meaning and explanation

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 20:17, Berean Standard Bible

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God has just spoken the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai, and this final one turns from outward acts to inner desire. The Hebrew verb chamad means to desire or long for something that is not yours.

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