Exodus 20:17
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“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land from which God delivered Israel from slavery, forming the historical backdrop for the Sinai covenant and its commandments. In this command against coveting, Israel is addressed as a redeemed people whose relationships and possessions are to be governed by God’s righteous order rather than oppressive desires.
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Exodus 20:17 mentions Egypt.
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