Exodus Chapter 20 verse 23 Holy Bible
Ye shall not make `other gods' with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.
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Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
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Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.
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Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold.
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You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
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ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, etc. This is a repetition, in part, of the second commandment, and can only be accounted for by the prohibition being specially needed. The first idea of the Israelites, when they considered that Moses had deserted them, was to make a golden calf for a god.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Ye shall not make with me gods of silver.--The expression "make with me" is unusual, but does not seem to have any peculiar force. Gods of silver and gods of gold are specially forbidden, because it was to idolatry of this kind that the Israelites were specially inclined. The golden calf is no isolated phenomenon. Molten images of gods, generally of silver, sometimes of gold, were objects of worship to Israel throughout the ages which preceded the Captivity. Jeroboam set up molten images at Dan and Bethel (Kings 14:9; 2Kings 17:16). Baal was worshipped under the semblance of a molten image (2Chronicles 28:2) as were probably Ashtaroth, Chemosh, and Moloch. The animal worship of the Egyptians had no attractions for the Hebrews; they did not offer to images of stone or marble, like the Assyrians or the Greeks; much less was it their habit to "bow down to stocks," like so many of the heathen nations around them. The "molten image," generally completed by a certain amount of graving, was the form of idol which had most charms for them, and the more precious the material the more satisfied were they to worship it. (Comp. Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 10:14; Hosea 13:2, &c.). Occasionally indeed they overlaid wood or stone with plates of gold or silver, to produce an idol (Habakkuk 2:19); but such images were at once less common and held in less account. . . .
