Thou shalt make thee no graven image or any likeness of that that is in heaven above, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.

Thou shalt neither bow thyself unto them, nor serve them: for (A)I the Lord thy God am a [a]jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, even unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that [b]love me, and keep my commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 That is, of his honor, not permitting it to be given to others.
  2. Deuteronomy 5:10 The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(A) You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(B) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(C) 10 but showing love to a thousand(D) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(E)

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