Exodus 13:1 And God spoke unto Moses, saying,

Exodus 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast; it is mine.

Exodus 13:12; 22:29; Numbers 8:17.

Barnes Notes:."In lieu of the firstborn of men the Levites were devoted to the temple services."

Exodus 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt.(*), out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand God brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten. 

Exodus 13:4 This day came you out in the month Abib.

The month Abib was the first month of the Hebrew year. It was later called Nisan.

Exodus 13:5-11 And it shall be when God shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which he sware unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all thy quarters. And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand and for a memorial between your eyes, that the God's law may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand has God brought you out of Egypt. You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. And it shall be when God shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto you and to your fathers and shall give it to you,

Exodus 13:12 That you shall set apart unto God all that open the matrix and every firstling that comes of a.beast.which you have; the males shall belong to God.

'matrix' means something very deep; a short study on it.

Exodus 13:13-16 And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb and if you will not redeem it.(instead, wants to keep it), then you shall break his neck and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem.(or, will be redeemed by that act; redeem from what?). And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this all about? Tell him this. By strength of hand God brought us out from Egypt.(it had to do with a remembering), from the house of bondage.(of which the land of Egypt was for them). And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that God slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to God all.(all male animals).that open the matrix.(womb), being males, but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.(anciently, the firstlings of beasts not used in sacrifice were to be exchanged for others so used or they were to be destroyed). And it shall be for a token upon your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand God brought us forth out of Egypt.

Some things of the Mosaic Law are hard to accept as being necessary, but they did at least, show why they were done.

Exodus 13:17 And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near, for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent.(change their mind, figuring this is more difficult than it was under slavery in Egypt).when they see war and they return to Egypt.

Exodus 13:18,19 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea and the children of Israel went up harnessed.(in an orderly manner; they probably traveled keeping each tribe together and had their weapons with them).out of the land of Egypt. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had straitly sworn to the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you so be sure to shall carry my bones along with you.

Exodus 13:20  And they took their journey from Succoth and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Exodus 13:21 And God went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night.

Numbers 10:34.

Exodus 13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

So, why didn't the Egyptians simply go around the pillar to get to the Israelities? The passage through the mountains would make that impossible as the hills were too steep for the Egyptian chariots;.Josephus,.Antiquities of the Jews, Book II, Chapter XV."There was a ridge of mountains that terminated at the sea and obstructed their flight."

Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart.(?), that he shall follow after them and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Exodus 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

Exodus 14:6,7 And he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over every one of them.

Exodus 14:8 And God hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued after the children of Israel and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Exodus 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

Exodus 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes and behold, the Egyptians marched after them and they were sore afraid. And the children of Israel cried out unto God.

Exodus 14:11,12 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore have you dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we did tell you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone.(Hosea 4:17), that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

These people just did not trust God for anything. They were constant complainers about God and Moses andhad no ideas how to improve the situations each day presented:

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear you not, stand and see the salvation of God, which he will show to you today, for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more for ever.

Job 37:14.

That is, no more forever in this ancient timeline for Egypt, but Egype is to be one of the top three nations again:.Isaiah 19:24,25.

Exodus 14:14 God.(note here as you read through to verse 31 that God here was actually an angel; God is energy, intelligent energy and as such has created beings called angels which are intimately connected with the prompts coming from God:.Isaiah 63:9).shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace. 

Exodus 14:15,16 And God said unto Moses, Wherefore cry you unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.(Moses wasn't sure what to do here so God told him to look at the circumstances and consider what you are doing here). But lift you up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Exodus 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts.(?).of the Egyptians and they shall follow them. And I will get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his host, upon his chariots and upon his horsemen..(*)

Exodus 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots and upon his horsemen.

God wants people to know that He is the true God of all creation..(*)

Exodus 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face and stood behind them.

Exodus 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these, so that the one came not near the other all the night.

To the Egyptians breaking their word (what the cabal ones always have done and why would that be?.2Corinthians11:13) about allowing these former captives to them go free, it was a black night, but to the freed captives, the ancient Israelites, there was light.

Exodus 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind.(an east wind there is a drying wind and dryed the land they walked over, with the walls of water on both sides and the cloud of water vapor above:.1Corinthians 10:2,3).all that night and made the sea dry land and the waters were divided.

Exodus 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.

Exodus 14:23-26 And the Egyptians pursued and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch God looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and troubled the host of the Egyptians. And took off their chariot wheels.(see the chariot wheels and other evidence of the crossing of the Israelities), that they drave them heavily so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for God fights for them against the Egyptians. And the God said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.

Exodus 14:27,28 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared and the Egyptians fled against it and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. There remained not so much as one of them.

Exodus 14:29-31 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left. Thus God saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. And Israel saw that great work which God did upon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and his servant Moses.

Exodus 15:2 Godis my strength and song and he is become my salvation. He is my God and I will prepare him an habitation. He is my father's God and I will exalt him.

Exodus 15:3 God is a man of war.(*). The Lord is his name. 

A better translation from the original, 'God, man, war'.

Psalms 24:8.

Exodus 15:6 Your right hand, O God, is become glorious in power. Your right hand, O God, has dashed in pieces the enemy.

Who is the enemy?.Ephesians 6:11,12.

Exodus 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O God? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Exodus 15:14 The people shall hear and be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Exodus 15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exodus 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

The people were always complaining about something.

Exodus 15:25 And he cried unto God and God showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them,

Exodus 15:26 And said, If you will diligently.hearken to the voice of God and will do that which is right in his sight and will give ear to his commandments.(commandments are instructions and since the ones in the Old Testament Mosaic Law are gone, then what are the ones for today?).and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians.(*), for I am God that heals.(original 'makes and keeps you healthy' *).you.

How does the good God 'put' these things upon one to afflict humanity?.Job 6:1-12.

Original for."God that heals".is 'God causes you to have health'; God often leads you to that which is right for your health.

Exodus 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim.(a spot there they stopped after leaving Egyptian captivity).and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin.(comprised with American Tract Dictionary:.a desert of Arabia Petraea, near Egypt and a city of ancient Egypt, on the western arm of the Red Sea. To be distinguished from the desert of Zin), which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 16:2,3 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of God in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots and when we did eat bread to the full, for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Hey Moses! Some great guy you are! You conned us into leaving Egypt by telling us we were going to a promised land of 'milk and honey' and instead brought us out here where we don't even have water and will all soon die. 

The people had their mind on what they were told and assumed they would go right to this land of milk and honey. But the people were unthankful and couldn't see any reason to trust in God and be patient waiting for God's time to take them there. The people were also willingly forgetful of what God had just done for them:.Exodus 14:19-31. They were constant complainers all the way:.Numbers 21:5. Ever drive with kids in the car? Ha ha! "How much longer dad?" "Are we there yet?"

Exodus 16:4 Then said God unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them.(*), whether they will walk in my law or no.

Exodus 16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

Exodus 16:6-8 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At evening, then you shall know that the Lord has brought you out from the land of Egypt. And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of God, for that he hears your murmurings against God and what are we, that you murmur against us? And Moses said, This shall be, when God shall give you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, for that God heard your murmurings which you murmur against him and what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against God.

Exodus 16:9-12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before God, for he has heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness and behold, the glory of God appeared in the cloud. And God spoke unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread and you shall know that I am your God.

Exodus 16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up and covered the camp. And in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

The host was the Israelites, where they were encamped.

Numbers 11:31 "And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the Earth."
Psalms 78:27 "He rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea."

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

Exodus 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna.(means 'what is that' or what is this stuff?); for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread.(or, the 'food', as the original means).which God has given you to eat..(?)

Exodus 16:16-22 This is the thing which God has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer.(a handful, one tenth of an ephah which is a half a gallon dry measure).for every man, according to the number of individuals. Take you every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete.(measure).it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over and he that gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses. Some of them left some of it until the morning and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

Exodus 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which God has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto God. Bake that which you will bake to day and seethe that you will seethe and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Exodus 16:24-27 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day, for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord. Today you shall not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather and they found none. 

Exodus 16:28-30 And God said unto Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna and it was like coriander seed, white and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commands, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot and put an omer full of manna therein and lay it up before God, to be kept for your generations.

Exodus 16:34 As God commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 

Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited. They did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Because of their attitude, God walked them in a circle for forty years until they came to the land of Canaan. Lesson, we walk in a circle in our lives, going nowhere until we are awakened to a higher consciousness.

Exodus 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of God and pitched in Rephidim and there was no water for the people to drink.

"Wilderness of Sin".is a desert of Arabia Petraea, near Egypt and on the western arm of the Red Sea (Exodus 16:1; Numbers 33:12) distinguished from the desert of Zin.

Exodus 17:2-5 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide you with me and why do you not trust God? And the people thirsted there for water and the people murmured against Moses and said, Wherefore is this that you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto God, saying, What shall I do unto this people, they be almost ready to stone me? And God said unto Moses, Go on before the people and take with you of the elders of Israel and your rod, wherewith you smote the river, take it in your hand and go. 

Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb and you shall smite the rock and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel and because they showed they didn't trust God by saying, Is God among us or not?

Exodus 17:8 Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 

JFB Commentary: The language implies that no occasion had been furnished for this attack but as descendants of Esau, the Amalekites entertained a deep seated grudge against Israel, especially as the rapid prosperity and marvellous experience of Israel showed that the blessing contained in the birthright.(see on Esau).was taking effect. It seems to have been a mean, dastardly, insidious surprise on the rear and an impious defiance of God:.Numbers 24:20.

Exodus 17:9,10 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men and go out, fight with Amalek tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with Amalek and Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

The power is in one's intention. When back then they were high in spirits along with their leader Moses, they were winning. When Moses was tired and could no longer on his own hold up the rod, a symbol then of their sure victory, then the tide of the battle turned against them. Moses needed help to hold up the rod so they would win, just as today the military work being done by the soldiers and the good non terresrials need our support, so they will have the energy that you are with them, that is, you by prayers hold them up and they can win for you and all of us, just as Aaron and Hur (next verse) held up the arms of Moses so the rod would stay high. Lesson is, keep your spirits up. How? Decide to. Ask the true God for help to do this and follow what comes to mind. Keep seeing the outcome as how you want it to be not just for self but for all and don't allow yourself to get discouraged. Carry one or two scriptures in your head.

Hebrews 3:14.

Exodus 17:12,13 But Moses' hands were heavy and they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

They did all they could. They won!

Exodus 17:14 And God said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 

Exodus 17:15,16 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovahnissi, for he said, Because God has sworn.(original 'determined within himself').that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

That is, be against him until he's gone. Today, Amalek's descendants will soon be all gone. Why were they not destroyed earlier? Maybe there was hope for some of them as history progressed to today:.2Peter 3:9.

Exodus 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me and I judge between one and another and I do make them know the statutes of God and his laws.

Exodus 18:17,18 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. For this thing is too heavy for thee. You are not able to perform it thyself alone.

Exodus 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou may bring the causes unto God.(pray to God about others).

Exodus 18:20 And you shall teach them ordinances and laws and shall show them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do.

Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties and rulers of tens.

Exodus 18:22-26 And let them judge the people at all seasons and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge. So shall it be easier for yourself and they shall bear the burden with you. If you do this thing that God commands you, then you shall be able to endure and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons. The hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Exodus 19:1 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.

Exodus 19:2,3 For they were departed from Rephidim and were come to the desert of Sinai and had pitched in the wilderness and there Israel.(the nation then of Israel that came from the man Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel).camped before the mount. And Moses went up unto God and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob and tell the children of Israel;

Exodus 19:4 You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on eagles' wings and brought you unto myself.

Exodus 19:4 You have seen what I.(it's assumed this was the Creator-Father, but it was the Creator-Word who is always in control who was responsible: Isaiah 63:9; two Creators or more?).did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on eagles' wings.(in this time of the Old Testament the Creator powerfully, yet with concern {Deuteronomy 32:9-11}, brought them out of slavery:.Exodus 32:11; the Creator cares:.Hosea 11:1; was there ever a time when Creator-God wasn't like that? God is always kind; the New Testament period of grace and kindness:.Matthew 23:37).and brought you unto myself.

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people, for all the Earth is mine.

That is, above those of lower consciousness.

"All the Earth is mine".Psalms 50:10-12; Leviticus 25:23; Ecclesiastes 11:5; 1Corinthians 10:26; 2Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 3:4; Revelation 4:11. Special people:.Deuteronomy 7:6.

Exodus 19:6 And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and an holy nation. These are the words which you shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people and laid before their faces all these words which God commanded him.

Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered together and said, All that God has spoken we will do.(Exodus 24:3). And Moses told God these words they agreed to.

Exodus 19:9 And God said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud.(the thick cloud), that the people may hear when I speak with you and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto God.

Exodus 19:11 And be ready against the third day, for the third day God will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:20 And the Lord.(what's the Lord).came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount and Moses went up.

Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 

Exodus 20:2 I am God which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other Gods besides me.

This so-called.first one of the commandments given anciently, is actually the second of twelve. How so and what was the first?

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the waters of the Earth.(the second one).

Exodus 20:5.(the so-called.second one carries on).Thou shalt not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them, for I God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous.(the word 'jealous', here meaning that God was most concerned with keeping on track those which were to be after His name, showing in a most expressive manner the love God had to this particular people; similar to you and your family, where you are concerned that the children you are bringing up also keep the ways you have taught them and not end up besmirching their lives and thus their family name).God, visiting.(or, as the original can also have it, 'noting').the iniquity of the fathers upon the children.(or, as the original can also have it, 'iniquity of the father's children', that is, they'll be just like the father, rejecting God for idols and so on down the line to about the 3rd to the 4th generation).unto the third and fourth generation.(?).of them that hate me.

God was saying that like father, like son and was saying that in time these things change. Hate means to love less by comparison.

What they did back then was loved the ways they wished to live (Jeremiah 44:15-17) and they figured, as shown by how they lived, 'well, we'll take all these good things the Creator promises, why not, but we'll just fit it all in with our ways that won't be noticed and then we'll get more'. So they held onto their ways and the better way the Creator showed them was relegated to the background of their lives, even though they soon agreed to the Creator's better way (Exodus 24:3), but.they didn't really believe.they would get all these promises from the Creator and because of lack of belief (belief is powerful) they couldn't keep what they had agreed to.

Exodus 20:6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:7.(the third one).Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for God will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Leviticus 19:12.

Exodus 20:8.(the forth one).Remember.(Genesis 2:2).the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:9 Six days shall you labor and do all your work. 

Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of your God. In it you shall not do any work, you nor your son nor your daughter, your manservant nor your maidservant nor your cattle nor your stranger that is within your gates.

Verse 10 was part of he Mosaic Law. Onerous as it was.(*), it nevertheless was kind to strangers, that is, until the Pharisees manipulated it to jack themselves up and shove others down, who were not of their ilk:.Acts 10:28.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days God made heaven and Earth, the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day.(how did God rest? By not thinking, planning and creating). Wherefore God blessed.(by resting).the sabbath day and hallowed it.

Exodus 20:12.(the fifth one).Honor thy father and thy mother, that your days may be long upon the land which your God gives you.

Make sure that you are worthy of your children's honor. Did you honor your dad and mom?

Psalms 128.

Exodus 20:13.(and the sixth one listed here).Thou shalt not kill.(original is 'do no murder'.{?}).

Exodus 20:14.(the seventh one).Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:15.(the eighth one).Thou shalt not steal.

Exodus 20:16.(the ninth one).Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 20:17.(and the tenth commandment).Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass.(donkey), nor anything that is your neighbour's.

Better to keep your eyes on getting your own stuff than on devising ways to take stuff from others. Look to God for your sustenance, because either way, you'll reap what you have sown.

Besides these commandments there were a total of twelve, so two more, one of which is here in verse 3 above and the other yet to be released from all the Bible books recovered that were hidden from us. And there were also guidelines:.Exodus 21:1.

Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. And when the people saw that, they removed and stood afar off.

Exodus 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

The people were afraid they might die. Why?.Deuteronomy 5:24-27.

Exodus 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not, for God is come to prove you.(*).and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.

Exodus 20:21-23 And the people stood afar off and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. And God said unto Moses, Thus you shall say unto the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. You shall not make Gods of silver to represent me, neither shall you make unto you Gods of gold.

But they made them anyhow and not to represent the true God. What a piece of work they were.

....continues to Chapters 21-25

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