Exodus 20:4-5
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[4] "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: [5] you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before God delivered them, and it was known for its many images and cultic representations of gods. Against that background, the command forbids Israel to fashion or worship images, preserving exclusive devotion to the LORD who redeemed them.
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Exodus 20:4-5 mentions Egypt.
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