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Evidence Database (cmd-evidence.db)

E-Tier Evidence Items from cmd-01

All 30 E-tier items relate to the Decalogue's origin, character, and continuing authority. Items most relevant to cmd-02 (first commandment):

  • E028: "Jesus summarizes the law as love for God (first four commandments) and love for neighbor (last six): Mat 22:37-40; Mrk 12:29-31"
  • E029: "Jesus cites the first commandment as foundational: 'The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord' (Mrk 12:29)"
  • E030: "End-time saints are identified as those who 'keep the commandments of God' (Rev 12:17; 14:12; 22:14)"

Note: evidence_db.py search "no other gods" and evidence_db.py find E --ref "Exo 20:3" both returned no results. The semantic search index has not been built for this database ("no embeddings found — run 'embed' first"), and the direct reference search found no items tagged with Exo 20:3.

Study Database (cmd-study.db)

find-word "elohim" — 11 chunks found

Key relevant chunks: 1. law-03-exodus-20-vs-later-laws | analysis — Exodus 20:1-17 context: "And God spake all these words" 2. law-03-exodus-20-vs-later-laws | word-study — "Finger of God" (etsba Elohim) usage 3. law-07-law-of-moses | word-study — Torah terminology: "law of God" (torat Elohim) usage

find-word "commandment" — extensive results

Key relevant chunks from cmd-01 and related studies: 1. law-01-gods-moral-law | analysis — A1: Spoken by God's Own Voice (Exo 20:1-2; Deu 5:4-5, 22-27) 2. law-01-gods-moral-law | analysis — B: The Decalogue Itself (Exo 20:3-17 / Deu 5:6-21) 3. law-01-gods-moral-law | analysis — C1-C4: Character of the law (holy, just, good, spiritual)

find-passage "Exo 20:3" — No chunks found

The study database does not yet contain analysis specifically on Exo 20:3.

find-word "idolatry" — not searched (search for "commandment" returned extensive overlap)

Cross-References from cmd-01 CONCLUSION.md

Key findings from the prior study (cmd-01: Decalogue Origin, Context, and Character) that directly relate to cmd-02:

  1. The Decalogue was spoken by God directly (Exo 20:1; Deu 5:4,22)
  2. Written by God's finger (Exo 31:18; Deu 9:10)
  3. Placed inside the ark (Exo 25:16,21; 40:20; Deu 10:2,5)
  4. Described as complete — "he added no more" (Deu 5:22)
  5. Described as holy, just, good, spiritual, perfect, sure, true, eternal
  6. Jesus summarized it as love for God (commandments 1-4) and love for neighbor (5-10)
  7. The new covenant writes the same law on hearts (Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10)
  8. End-time saints keep the commandments of God (Rev 12:17; 14:12; 22:14)
  9. The first commandment ("no other gods before me") is the foundation of the first table — love for God

Cross-References from biblical-worship-patterns CONCLUSION.md

  1. True worship is characterized by faith, obedience, and heart devotion to God according to His revealed will
  2. False worship: lack of faith, disobedience, human innovation, external religion without heart
  3. Exclusive devotion to God alone (Exo 20:3-5; Mat 4:10) is foundational to true worship
  4. The golden calf incident (Exo 32) is syncretism — God's name applied to an image