“The 'First' Commandment: Mountain Marriage Vow” | Exodus 20:3 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle | 2.28.24

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  1. 1. Though there are other gods, no one can compare to the LORD (Ex 15:11, 18:11; Dt 3:24, 4:35; 1 Sam 2:2; 1 Ki 22:19; Ps 86:8, 95:3, 96:4, 97:9; cf. Is 47:8; Zep 2:15; Ex 12:12). Who is ___ the LORD? Nobody!
  2. 6. No one can serve two ___ (Mt 6:24).
  3. 10. Israel was freed to worship the LORD (Ex 7:16, 8:1, 20, 9:1, 13, 10:3) – not anyone else! Israel had no freedom of ____ (Ex 20:3).
  4. 11. Using an intimate metaphor, the LORD describes Himself as the ___ of His covenantal people (Is 54:5, Jer 31:31-32; Hos 2:16; cf. Is 50:1; Hos 2:19-20).
  5. 12. For the Israelites, the punishment for following, worshipping, or sacrificing to other gods was ___ (Ex 22:20; Dt 13:1-18; cf. Rom 6:23).
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  1. 2. (Two Words) Essentially, at Mount Sinai, Israel comes to the altar (Ex 24:4) and vows to be faithful to the LORD by saying “_ __” (cf. Ex 24:3, 7).
  2. 3. One of the main reasons Israel was not to serve or worship any other gods was because it was the LORD God who brought them out of ____, out of slavery (Ex 20:2).
  3. 4. There is only one God (with a capital G) – the LORD. But, the LORD created many spiritual beings (also called heavenly hosts, angels, demons, etc.) that are gods (with a lowercase g) (cf. Ps 148:2, 5; Neh 9:6).
  4. 5. The god of people who seek to satisfy their sinful, earthly appetites is their ____ (Php 3:19).
  5. 7. The Hebrew word ___ can refer to God or to gods depending on whether the corresponding verbs are singular (God) or plural (gods) (cf. Ps 82:1). English words like sheep, deer, and goldfish can also be both singular or plural.
  6. 8. Using an intimate metaphor, God’s people are described as the ____ of the LORD (Is 62:5; Jer 2:2; Rev 21:2, 9, 22:17; cf. Eph 5:25; Mk 2:19-20).
  7. 9. When the LORD more literally says: “There is not to be to you any other gods before My face” (Ex 20:3 AT II), He uses covenantal language also used to describe the covenantal relationship between a husband and ____(cf. 2 Sam 12:10; Ex 6:7).