Exodus 20:17 · WEB
“"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."”
— Exodus 20:17
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Exodus (~1400 BC)
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law
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