Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Exodus 20:7
take the name... in vain. Much more important than the mere mispronunciation of the Name.
not hold him guiltless. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6.
take the name... in vain. Much more important than the mere mispronunciation of the Name.
not hold him guiltless. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6.
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT Against _false swearing, blasphemy_, and _irreverent use of the name of God_. Verse Exodus 20:7. _THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN_ _vain_] This precept no...
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandmen
CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED _ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_ 2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18) This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First orally here,...
EXODUS 20-24, 34. THE CODES IN EXODUS. Recent study has by many converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with the...
III. HALLOWING GOD'S NAME AND THE SABBATH DAY. 7. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN. This commandment prohibits all employment of the name of God for vain and unworthy objects,...
The _third_commandment. The name of God to be treated with reverence. _take … in vain_ properly, TAKE UP (viz. upon the lips, as Exodus 23:1; Psalms 15:3; Psalms 16:4) … FOR UNREALITY (Di. -zur _Nicht...
THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN— Our Saviour, who, it must be allowed, was the best expositor of the commandments, has given us (Matthew 5:33.) the true meaning of this, which...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 20 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, (2) I am Je-ho-vah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of E-gypt, out of the house of bondage. (3) Thou shalt have no ot...
_THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN._ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, х_ LASHAAW...
20:7 idly (b-4) idly (b-20) Or 'for an untruth.'...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (VV. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and call...
This prohibition applies strictly to perjury or false swearing, the breaking of a promise or contract that has been sealed with an oath in the name of God. He will not allow His name to be associated...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 20 GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17 V1 God spoke all these wor...
THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN. — The Hebrew is ambiguous, as is to some extent the English translation. Most modern critics regard the phrase used as forbidding _false_ swea...
לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת ־שֵֽׁם ־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ...
THE “TEN WORDS” SPOKEN AT SINAI Exodus 20:1 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17; Acts 7:53. It tells us, not what God is, for that is only shown...
Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in (f) vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (f) Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by condem...
_In vain. On trifling occasions, rashly, or falsely. "Those who swear often, diminish their credit among the wise." (Philo)_...
This is the third commandment. It were to be devoutly wished, that it were written in the heart by the Spirit of the Lord. Then should we not have so much occasion to lament the profanation of it, as...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
_THE HOLY NAME_ ‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.’ Exodus 20:7 Though every feeling of reverence and gratitude bids us use the wondrous name of God with awe and recollectio...
Exodus 20:7._Thou shalt not take the name. _There is a manifest _synecdoche _in this Commandment; for in order that God may procure for His name its due reverence, He forbids its being taken in vain,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as He had...
THOU 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 of the divine Being, in a light and trifling way, without any show of reverenc...
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ver. 7. _The Name of the Lord._] That "holy and reverend" Name; Psa 11...
Exo. 20:3-7. The three first commandments. The first commandment respects the object of worship; and especially forbids those things in worship that are against _God the Father._ The second commandmen...
The third commandment is concerning the _manner_ of our worship: where we have, 1st, A strict prohibition. _Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain_ Supposing that, having taken Jehov...
1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatrie is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the Altar should be. 1 AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 [NOTE: Deut...
THE DECALOGUE...
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain, without purpose and object, in a frivolous manner; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN, an emphatic warnin...
SECOND SECTION The Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments. Historical Prophecy Exodus 20-31 A. THE T...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delivering...
3-11 The first four of the ten commandments, commonly called the FIRST table, tell our duty to God. It was fit that those should be put first, because man had a Maker to love, before he had a neighbo...
Or, _not carry_, or _not take_, or lift up, to wit, in or into thy mouth, as the phrase is more fully expressed, Job 4:2; Psalms 16:4, Psalms 50:16. So men are said to _take up a proverb_, or a lament...
It is of the utmost importance to understand the true character and object of the moral law, as set forth in this chapter. There is a tendency in the mind to confound the principles of law and grace,...
Exodus 20:7 take H5375 (H8799) name H8034 LORD H3068 God H430 vain H7723 LORD H3068 guiltless H5352 ...
Exodus 20:7 The name of God stands for Himself and for that which He has revealed of Himself, not for our thoughts about Him. It is not surprising that this great name was invested with a superstitiou...
Exodus 20:1. _And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me._ God...
CONTENTS: Ten commandments delivered to Moses at Sinai. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: A holy and righteous God has holy and righteous standards. Those who love God will constantly endeavor to...
Exodus 20:1. _God spake all these words._ In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation at...
_Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain._ THE THIRD COMMANDMENT The name of God stands for Himself and for that which He has revealed of Himself, not for our thoughts about Him. It...
EXODUS 20:1 Covenant Words and Rules. This section records what will later be referred to as the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:7) and includes: the Ten Commandments ...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 20:7 Taking the Lord’s name IN VAIN (see note on Deut. 5:11) refers primarily to taking a deceptive oath in God’s name or invoking God’s name to justify a dishonest act ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:7. Take in vain.] Rather: “utter loud” (as for the purpose of solemn attestation) “for falsehood,” _i.e_., in the service of falsehood, to confirm falsehood. (1.) The word...
EXPOSITION THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW. Every necessary preparation had now been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified themselves." A wholesome dread of "breaking" through the fe...
And God spake these words, saying (Exodus 20:1), Now the people said, "All that the Lord commands, we will do." All right this is what the Lord has spoken. Now these are the commandments of God. I am...
take Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 24:11 Deuteronomy 5:11 Psalms 50:14...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. SAINTS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW FOR SALVA...
BREAKING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written on one...
The third commandment is concerning the manner of our worship; Where we have, [1.] A strict prohibition. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain — Supposing that, having taken Jehovah...