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- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 5
- Verse 11
Deuteronomy 5:11
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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Compare Exo. 20 and notes. Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats them, with a certain measure of freedom and adaptation. Our…
Here is the repetition of the ten commandments, in which observe, 1. Though they had been spoken before, and written, yet they are again rehearsed; for precept must be upon precept, and line upon…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The Third Commandment exactly as in Exo 20:7. On the need for this in Israel see on Deu 6:13.
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