Exodus 20:5 — "thou shalt not bow dow…" Meaning & Verse Card (KJV)

thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy 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 (KJV)

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