Exodus 20:4

make. The making is equally forbidden as the worshipping.

graven image. Hebrew. pesel,. sculpture. First occurance.

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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:

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Exodus 20:4