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"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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Not Just 'No Other Gods'
Commentators stress that this command is distinct from the first. While the first commandment forbids worshipping false gods, this one forbids worshipping the true God through a physical image. The focus shifts from who we worship to how we worship, prohibiting any attempt to represent the invisible God with a visible object.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. —The two main clauses of the second commandment are to be read together, …
Baptist
Here we are forbidden to worship God under any likeness whatsoever. The first command forbids the worship of another God; the second strictly forbi…
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16th Century
Protestant
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. In the First Commandment, after He had taught who was the true God, He commanded that He a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image An image of anything graven by art or man's device, cut out of wood o…
The first four of the Ten Commandments, commonly called the First Table, tell us our duty to God. It was fitting that these should be put …
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