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Deuteronomy 5:11 - The Decalogue The Basis Of The Covenant, The Essence Of The Whole Law, And The Condition Of Life And

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; literally, Thou shalt not take [or lift ] up the Name of Jehovah thy God to vanity . This commandment forbids not only all false swearing by the Name of God, but all profanation of that Name by an irreverent or light use of it (Le Deuteronomy 19:12 ).

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

Deuteronomy 5:11 - The Decalogue The Basis Of The Covenant, The Essence Of The Whole Law, And The Condition Of Life And

Deuteronomy 5:11 - The Decalogue The Basis Of The Covenant, The Essence Of The Whole Law, And The Condition Of Life And

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