(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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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:4 Or a carved image

“You shall not make for yourself an image(A) in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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21 (A)You shall not plant for yourself an [a]Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself. 22 And (B)you shall not set up for yourself a memorial stone, which the Lord your God hates.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:21 I.e., wooden symbol of a female deity

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(C) for these the Lord your God hates.

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