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Exodus 20:4 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Exodus 20:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Exodus chapter 20 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”
Exodus 20:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:The second commandment prohibits 'graven images' (פֶסֶל, pesel)—carved idols—and 'likeness' (תְּמוּנָה, temunah)—any representation. The comprehensive scope ('heaven, earth, water') bans all visual depictions of deity. Why? Because God is spirit, infinite, transcendent—reducing Him to material form inevitably distorts Him. The command protects God's glory from human reduction. The three-tiered cosmos ('above, beneath, und...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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Cross-References for Exodus 20:4
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“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:”
“who boast in their idols. Worship him”
“an abomination to Yahweh”
“we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold”
“and poured out his bowl into the earth”
“the work of men's hands.”
“and there is no breath in them.”