Holy Scripture

Exodus 20:17

A church father on this verse
“Love of money then is an old, an ancient vice, which showed itself even at the declaration of the divine law; for a law was given to check it.”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On the Duties of the Clergy 2.26.130

Source: Septuagint

Original

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.

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In context

15Thou shalt not kill.

16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

— Exodus 20:17 —

18And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,

19and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

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