This means that we are not supposed to make idols for ourselves. An idol is anything we hold more dear and higher than God. The Israelites made an idol out of gold in the form of a golden calf ( Exodus 32) and people today make idols, both physical statues and mental idols, out of everything and anything you can think of. Idols today range from those in cults to anything like pornography, books, family and even ourselves.
Yes I think this is right and if you look at the next verse:
Exo 20:5 you shall not bow to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am Jehovah your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those that hate Me;
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That thou shall have no other God but me. You shall not make yourself a graven image,. For I thy God am a jealous god.
character is what makes a person on the inside. image is what you make of yourself on the outside
You should do your best to be a good image of your family. You should be yourself.
Is to only draw geometrical patterens and not Liveing things! i am not sure what the exact words are.
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You shall have no other gods before Me.You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.Honor your father and your mother.You shall not murder.You shall not commit adultery.You shall not steal.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
Amish people make dolls without faces as they believe you can't mak an image of a living thing. It is in the Bible one of the ten commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:8) - "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth."
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'SIX: 'You shall not murder.'SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's
The word graven means to cut or to shape. (Nowadays, we say "engraved".) The Lord tells us not to make any images of gods to worship. Even an image of Christ should not be worshiped. The image may give us a point of focus but only in spirit may we give true worship.
ok this is a good question, but its a sin to be prideful.... make sure that you are humble and do not put yourself first for it is written, "the first shall be last and the last shall be first"
Shall i want to make a call - Is it correct or not