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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

part of the Ten Commandments (Exod. 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.”
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

Summary

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain is a commandment[1]. It draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (commandment category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's instance of is recorded as commandment[3].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85133814[4].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's part of is recorded as Ten Commandments[5].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbvprp[6].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's main subject is recorded as blasphemy[7].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000303835[8].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's published in is recorded as Exodus 20[9].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לַשָּׁוְא'}[10].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007286510005171[11].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/d341c6dd-bcd7-47ed-ba9e-37599ea03747[12].
  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/2215ba22-a7d3-44a6-bc63-ba838832db5f[13].

Why It Matters

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (commandment category, ranking #2 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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