Exodus 20:12
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12 (A) Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.
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Deuteronomy 5:16
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16 (A) Respect your father and mother, and you will live a long and successful life in the land I am giving you.
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Exodus 20:8
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8 (A) Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me.
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Deuteronomy 5:12
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12 (A) Show respect for the Sabbath Day—it belongs to me.
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Leviticus 26:1
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Blessings for Obeying the Lord
The Lord said:
26 (A) I am the Lord your God! So don't make or worship idols or images.
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Exodus 20:23
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23 So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.[a]
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- 20.23 in place of me: Or “together with me.”
Exodus 34:17
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17 (A) Don't make metal images of gods.
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Deuteronomy 17:2-7
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Put To Death People Who Worship Idols
Moses said to Israel:
2-3 (A) The Lord your God is giving you towns to live in. But later, a man or a woman in your town may start worshiping other gods, or even the sun, moon, or stars.[a] I have warned you not to worship other gods, because whoever worships them is disobeying the Lord and breaking the agreement he made with you. 4 So when you hear that someone in your town is committing this disgusting sin, you must carefully find out if that person really is guilty. 5-7 (B) But you will need two or three witnesses—one witness isn't enough to prove a person guilty.
Get rid of those who are guilty of such evil. Take them outside your town gates and everyone must stone them to death. But the witnesses must be the first to throw stones.
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- 17.2,3 sun, moon, or stars: Some people thought these were gods and worshiped them.
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