Deuteronomy 5:21

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"Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the Lord delivered them, while Mount Horeb, another name for Sinai, was the wilderness mountain where God gave Israel his covenant law. Moses recalls these commands in Deuteronomy as Israel prepares to enter the promised land.

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Deuteronomy 5:21 mentions Egypt and Mount Horeb.

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