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Exodus 20:3-7

3Thou shalt have no otherאֲחֵרִ֖֜ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥֨ים'E.lo.HimH430before meפָּנָֽ֗יַ׃pa.Na.iH6440.

4Thou shalt not makeתַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה־ta.'a.Seh-H6213unto thee any graven imageפֶ֣֙סֶל֙׀fe.selH6459,or any likenessתְּמוּנָ֡֔הte.mu.NahH8544of any thingthatH834isin heavenבַּשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙׀ba.sha.Ma.yimH8064aboveמִמַּ֡֔עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, or that isin the earthבָּאָ֖֨רֶץba.'A.retzH776beneath, or that isin the waterבַּמַּ֖֣יִם׀ba.Ma.yimH4325under the earthלָאָֽ֗רֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776:

5Thou shalt not bow downתִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣הtish.tach.VehH7812thyself to them, nor serveתָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ta.'a.ve.DemH5647them: for I the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430ama jealousקַנָּ֔אka.Na'H7067Godאֵ֣ל'elH410,visitingפֹּ֠קֵדPo.kedH6485the iniquityעֲוֹ֨ן'a.VonH5771of the fathersאָבֹ֧ת'a.VotH1upon the childrenבָּנִ֛יםba.NimH1121unto the thirdשִׁלֵּשִׁ֥יםshi.le.ShimH8029and fourthרִבֵּעִ֖יםri.be.'ImH7256generationof them that hateלְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃le.so.ne.'AiH8130me;

6And shewingוְעֹ֥֤שֶׂהve.'O.sehH6213mercyחֶ֖֙סֶד֙che.sedH2617unto thousandsלַאֲלָפִ֑֔יםla.'a.la.FimH505of them that loveלְאֹהֲבַ֖יle.'o.ha.VaiH157me, and keepוּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יu.le.sho.me.ReiH8104my commandmentsמִצְוֹתָֽי׃ סmitz.vo.TaiH4687.

7Thou shalt not takeתִשָּׂ֛אti.Sa'H5375the nameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in vainלַשָּׁ֑וְאla.Shav'H7723;for the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will not hold him guiltlessיְנַקֶּה֙ye.na.KehH5352that takethיִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'H5375his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034in vainלַשָּֽׁוְא׃ פla.Shav'H7723.

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