kjv@Exodus:20:4@ Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
kjv@Exodus:20:5@ 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;
kjv@Exodus:20:6@ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
kjv@Exodus:20:7@ Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
kjv@Exodus:20:9@ Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
kjv@Exodus:20:10@ But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
kjv@Exodus:20:11@ For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
kjv@Exodus:20:12@ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
kjv@Exodus:20:16@ Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
kjv@Exodus:20:17@ Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
kjv@Exodus:20:18@ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
kjv@Exodus:20:19@ And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
kjv@Exodus:20:20@ And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
kjv@Exodus:20:21@ And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
kjv@Exodus:20:22@ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
kjv@Exodus:20:23@ Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
kjv@Exodus:20:24@ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
kjv@Exodus:20:25@ And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
kjv@Exodus:20:26@ Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
The curse to third and fourth generations is tied specifically to the iniquity of utterly hating God as shown in the worship of other gods. I would think that this would be someone having already known of God and His mercy systematically choosing not retain God in their thoughts rebelliously worshiping the creature rather than the creator. We are not told what the curse will be here but, scripture suggests that the fathers are given over to that which is not convenient kjv@Romans:1 , their generations perhaps suffer after their consequences. Note that the threat of this was not enough to keep many from this; a testament to man's evil heart.
It is easy for one to honor the Sabbath personally by setting all one's employees out to continue the work. The commandment applies to your use of them as well. One can disobey the commandment even when personally honoring it if the others that serve you are not included. Respect should be shown to those corporations today that follow the entire commandment not just the half.
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