In many places in the Bible, Jesus seems to be other than God. Since both are worthy of worship it would seem that Jesus is very close to being another God and the first commandment forbids worshiping any other God by YHWH.
Of course, to "solve" this embarrassing problem fourth century Christians formulated the doctrine of the Trinity. This is not, however, strictly derived from a reading of the New Testament, but is one of those extra biblical narratives that the reader brings to the text so smooth out the rough edges.
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