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You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
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A Direct Response to Sin
Commentators note this command specifically mentions 'molten gods' as a direct response to the Israelites' recent sin with the golden calf. While the Ten Commandments forbade 'graven images,' this law makes it explicitly clear that cast metal idols are also forbidden, closing any potential loophole.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are …
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. —It is just possible that the Israelites when they worshipped the golden calf may ha…
16th Century
Protestant
You shall not make for yourself any molten gods. When he calls graven things, statues, and pictures by the name of gods, he shows the obje…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall make yourself no molten gods . ] Made of a melted liquid, whether gold, or silver, or brass, poured into a…
The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however intricate or costly. They must also refuse all alliance, friendship, or…
