The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.—The Hebrew is ambiguous, as is to some extent the English trans…

A reverence for the very name of God is demanded, and all things that are connected with His worship are to be kept sacred.

Thou shalt not take the name. There is a manifest synecdoche in this Commandment; for in order that God may secure for His name i…

You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain
Make use of the name Lord or God, or any other name and epithet …

The first four of the Ten Commandments, commonly called the First Table, tell us our duty to God. It was fitting that these should be put …