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Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
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Memory Prevents Idolatry
Commentators stress that forgetting God's covenant is the direct path to idolatry. The verse warns that a failure to remember God's spiritual nature and His commands will lead to creating physical representations of Him. As Matthew Henry notes, constant care, caution, and watchfulness are the necessary aids against a forgetful heart.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
The Lord was angry with me for your sakes ... I must die in this land ... but ye shall go over ... Take heed unto yourselves.
16th Century
Protestant
Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget. There is no contradiction in the sense that He should first of all altogether forbid idols to be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take heed unto yourselves Since he should not be long with them, to advise, instruct, and caution them:
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Presbyterian
The power and love of God toward Israel are presented here as the basis and reason for a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although ther…
