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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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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 20:1–17
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 20:4
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. —The two main clauses of the second commandment are to be read together, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 20:4–6
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Exodus 20:4
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Exodus 20:4
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 20:3–11
17th Century
Minister
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 …