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Neither shall you set you up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.
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Worship vs. Memorial
Commentators like Calvin and Gill clarify that this command isn't a blanket ban on all pillars. Pillars set up as memorials were permitted. The prohibition is specifically against pillars erected for idolatrous worship, which attempt to give a physical form to the spiritual God, an act He hates.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses are closely connected in subject with the following chapter and introduce certain directions for the administration of justice and the…
19th Century
Anglican
Image. —Explained by Rashi as a single stone, whether statue or pillar.
16th Century
Protestant
Neither shall you set yourself up. Therefore, it also becomes clearer what the meaning and tendency of the Second Commandment are.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither shall you set up any image Graven or molten, of man, beast, fish, or fowl; the word signifies a "statue or p…
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All partiality must be set aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none.
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