First Commandment

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Cross-references Parent Topic Ten Commandments Related Topics b Links to Additional Materials Some of the articles found here: "About God"

Make no substitutes for the True God.

• There is only one God, and we must have no other.
• As with the other commands, this command represents an entire "category" of attitudes and actions.

Exodus 20	Deuteronomy 5
Exo 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.	Deu 5:7 You shall have no other gods before me.

Some important facts to consider:

• The name of this God is Yahweh.

• We are to worship him only.

• There is no other God.

• All other supposed "gods" are fakes.

Scripture Pages that Link to Here

Exodus 20:1-21

The original giving of the commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Restatement of the commands, just before entering the Promised Land.

Exodus 23:20-33

You must serve the True God and not go after the fake gods or the practices of the pagans. / Make no agreement with them or their gods, nor live with them (lest they tempt you to sin).

Exodus 33 and 34 (selected verses)

(In the land of Canaan) Destroy all their religious practices; make no covenants with them, or you will be tempted to go after their gods.

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Deu 6:14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Make NO marriages with the Canaanites, or they will turn away your sons/daughters from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire. (See also Idolatry.)

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Deu 8:19 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

Deuteronomy 11:1-28

If you go after false gods, God will shut up the sky and you will perish.

Deuteronomy 13:1-18

You must not follow those who tempt you to go after other gods. Rather, put the false prophet to death.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68

Blessings if you do not go after other gods, to serve them.

2 Kings 3:6-27

Worshiping the golden calves violated the second commandment - claiming that they represented Yahweh. It was not a violation of the first commandment, which prohibited going after other "gods."

1 Kings 9:1-9 & 2 Chronicles 7:12-22

If they abandoned the true God and went after fakes... God would remove them from the land.

Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.