Exodus 20:18–26
E479330
Exodus 20:18–26 is a biblical passage in the Book of Exodus that recounts the Israelites’ fearful reaction to God’s revelation at Sinai and introduces initial laws about proper worship and altar construction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exodus 20:18–26 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4918378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exodus 20:18–26 Context triple: [Exodus 20:1–17, precedes, Exodus 20:18–26]
-
A.
Exodus 20:1–17
Exodus 20:1–17 is the Old Testament passage that records the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
-
B.
Exodus 23
Exodus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines various civil and religious laws, including commandments about justice, Sabbath observance, and the pilgrimage festivals.
-
C.
Exodus 13:16
Exodus 13:16 is a biblical verse in the Book of Exodus that serves as one of the scriptural sources for the Jewish commandment of wearing tefillin.
-
D.
Exodus 34
Exodus 34 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the renewal of the covenant at Sinai, including the giving of the second set of tablets and key religious laws and festivals.
-
E.
Exodus 25
Exodus 25 is a chapter in the Book of Exodus that records God’s detailed instructions to Moses for constructing the tabernacle and its sacred furnishings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exodus 20:18–26 Target entity description: Exodus 20:18–26 is a biblical passage in the Book of Exodus that recounts the Israelites’ fearful reaction to God’s revelation at Sinai and introduces initial laws about proper worship and altar construction.
-
A.
Exodus 20:1–17
Exodus 20:1–17 is the Old Testament passage that records the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai.
-
B.
Exodus 23
Exodus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines various civil and religious laws, including commandments about justice, Sabbath observance, and the pilgrimage festivals.
-
C.
Exodus 13:16
Exodus 13:16 is a biblical verse in the Book of Exodus that serves as one of the scriptural sources for the Jewish commandment of wearing tefillin.
-
D.
Exodus 34
Exodus 34 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the renewal of the covenant at Sinai, including the giving of the second set of tablets and key religious laws and festivals.
-
E.
Exodus 25
Exodus 25 is a chapter in the Book of Exodus that records God’s detailed instructions to Moses for constructing the tabernacle and its sacred furnishings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible passage
ⓘ
Old Testament passage ⓘ Torah passage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sinai covenant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
theophany at Mount Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Christianity
ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ |
| containsCommand |
Do not expose your nakedness on the altar
ⓘ
Do not fear, for God has come to test you ⓘ Do not go up by steps to the altar ⓘ Do not make gods of gold ⓘ Do not make gods of silver ⓘ If you make an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones ⓘ Make an altar of earth ⓘ |
| depicts |
fear of the Israelites
ⓘ
people standing far off ⓘ |
| describes | Israelites’ reaction to the Sinai theophany ⓘ |
| follows | Exodus 20:1–17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCharacter |
Moses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ the Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
legal instruction
ⓘ
narrative ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Covenant code context
ⓘ
Sinai narrative ⓘ |
| mentions |
lightning
ⓘ
smoking mountain ⓘ sound of the trumpet ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Exodus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christian Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| precedes | Exodus 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to instill fear of God to prevent sinning ⓘ |
| recordsSpeechOf |
Moses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
approach to the altar
ⓘ
construction of altars ⓘ use of uncut stones in altars ⓘ worship of YHWH alone ⓘ |
| setsUp | transition from Decalogue to Book of the Covenant ⓘ |
| theme |
altar construction
ⓘ
fear of God ⓘ mediated revelation ⓘ prohibition of idolatry ⓘ proper worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Exodus 20:18–26 Description of subject: Exodus 20:18–26 is a biblical passage in the Book of Exodus that recounts the Israelites’ fearful reaction to God’s revelation at Sinai and introduces initial laws about proper worship and altar construction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.