Not Bow Down / Serve לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Nov 23, 2025 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty of Exodus with our word for today which is actually a phrase. Our phrase is the second of two ways God more specifically defines what it means to have other gods before YHWH the true God. Yesterday we looked at the first one idol or carved image let’s look at the second one. לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ Not bow down to them and not serve them. It is used 3 times in the Old Testament. Let’s look at all the uses. Exodus 20:5-6 לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a…