Exodus 20:3

Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Ver. 3. Thou shalt have. ] This "thou" reacheth every man. Xenophon saith of Cyrus, that when he gave anything in command, he never said, Let some one do this; but, Do thou this. a

No other gods before me. ] But "know" and "serve" me alone "with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind." 1Ch 28:9 Hoc primo praecepto reliquorum omnium observantia praecipitur, saith Luther. In this first commandment the keeping of all the other nine is commanded. See Trapp (for summary of Law) on " Exo 20:17 "

a Hoc tu facias. - Xenophon’s Cyropaed.