Exodus 20:4 meaning and explanation
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Exodus 20:4, Berean Standard Bible
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God has just announced Himself as the One who brought Israel out of Egypt, and now He speaks the second commandment to a people surrounded by nations whose worship used carved images. The Hebrew word pesel means a carved or fashioned image, and the verse forbids making one to represent anything in creation, whether sky, land or sea.
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