Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image, х matseebaah (H4676)] - erroneously rendered so for 'pillar.' Pillars of various kinds, and materials of wood or stone, were erected in the neighbourhood of altars. Sometimes they were conical or oblong, at other times they served as pedestals for the statues of idols (see the notes at Genesis 28:16-22; Exodus 24:4; Isaiah 19:19; Jeremiah 43:13: cf. 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:26; Hosea 10:1; Micah 5:12). A superstitious reverence was attached to them, and hence, they were forbidden.