The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any beast, etc. - Such as the Egyptian god Apis, who was worshipped under the form of a white bull; the ibis and hawk, among the fowls, had also Divine honors paid to them; serpents and the crocodile among reptiles; besides monkeys, dogs, cats, the scarabaeus, leeks, and onions! See this explained at large, Exodus 20:4 (note).
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Deuteronomy 4:17
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,