(A)You shall not make for yourself [a]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.

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  1. Exodus 20:4 Or a carved image

Blessings of Obedience

26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves (A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (B)a carved image or (C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down [a]to it; for I am the Lord your God.

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  1. Leviticus 26:1 Lit over

(A)You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any [a]likeness of what is in heaven above [b]or on the earth beneath [c]or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (B)inflicting the [d]punishment of the fathers on the children, [e]even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  1. Deuteronomy 5:8 Or manifestation
  2. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  3. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  4. Deuteronomy 5:9 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  5. Deuteronomy 5:9 Or and on

15 ‘Cursed is the person who makes (A)a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And (B)all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’

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23 and they (A)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and [a]crawling creatures.

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  1. Romans 1:23 Or reptiles

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