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You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents[a] on children, to the third and fourth generation[b] of those who hate me, 10 but showing gracious love to the thousands of those who love me and keep my[c] commandments.
ג 11 “‘You are not to misuse the name of the Lord your God,[d] because the Lord will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.[e]
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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 Lit. fathers
  2. Deuteronomy 5:9 So LXX. The Heb. lacks generation
  3. Deuteronomy 5:10 The MT is written his but is to be read my
  4. Deuteronomy 5:11 Lit. to take in vain the name of the Lord your God; i.e. for a worthless purpose
  5. Deuteronomy 5:11 Lit. who takes his name in vain i.e. for a worthless purpose