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Deuteronomy 4:16

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

In Context

15And take great heed to your souls (for ye saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire),

17the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:

Leviticus 19:4Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Isaiah 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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