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Exodus 20:3

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You shall have no other gods before me.

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the Lord delivered them in the exodus. That redemption gives context to the command to have no other gods: Israel’s exclusive worship belongs to the God who rescued them, not to Egypt’s gods or any rival deity.

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Exodus 20:3 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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