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Deuteronomy 4:16

lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness,—a model of male or female;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Ye must take diligent heed, therefore unto your own souls, for ye saw no manner of form, on the day Yahweh spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;

17a model of any beast that is in the earth,—a model of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above,—or that is in the earth beneath,—or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Leviticus 19:4Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves,—I—Yahweh, am your God.

Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he hath solemnised with you,—and so make for yourselves an image, the form of anything, the which Yahweh thy God hath forbidden thee;

Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make unto thee an image, any form that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed, be the man that maketh an image—cut or molten—an abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say—Amen.

Isaiah 40:18Unto whom then can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can 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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