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You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents[a] on children, to the third and fourth generation[b] of those who hate me, but showing gracious love to the thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
ג “You are not to misuse the name of the Lord your God,[c] because the Lord will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.[d]
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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:5 Lit. fathers
  2. Exodus 20:5 So LXX. The Heb. lacks generation
  3. Exodus 20:7 Lit. to take in vain the name of the Lord your God; i.e. for a worthless purpose
  4. Exodus 20:7 Lit. who takes his name in vain i.e. for a worthless purpose