Warning Against Idolatry

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So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

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that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

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of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

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or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

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When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

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The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

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Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

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For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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