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"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
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More Than Just False Swearing
While this command certainly forbids false swearing (perjury), most commentators agree it has a much broader scope. It prohibits any light, frivolous, or disrespectful use of God's name. As John Calvin notes, this includes dragging His name into trivial matters. The goal is to cultivate a deep and consistent reverence for God in all speech.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
A reverence for the very name of God is demanded, and all things that are connected with His worship are to be kept sacred.
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
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