Deuteronomy 5:9
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you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the Lord redeemed them, underscoring why they owed exclusive covenant loyalty to him. Mount Horeb, another name for Sinai in the Sinai wilderness, was where God gave Israel the Ten Commandments, including this prohibition of idolatry.
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Deuteronomy 5:9 mentions Egypt and Mount Horeb.
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