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thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Compare Exodus 20 and notes.

Moses here adopts the Ten Words as a ground from which he may proceed to reprove, warn, and exhort; and repeats…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children. —There are no sins which so surely entail penal consequences upon…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them. Idolaters in vain try to evade this second point with their foolish quibbles; as among the Papi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:6).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

There is some variation here from Exodus 20, similar to the variation between the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. It is more necessary that…

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