Exodus 20:5 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,
Exodus 20:5, Berean Standard Bible
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God has just spoken the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai, and verse 5 continues the prohibition against idols begun in verse 4. The Hebrew word qanna, jealous, describes God's exclusive claim on the people He rescued from Egypt.
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