Deuteronomy 4:16 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 4:16

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

KJV

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ASV

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

WEB

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,

YLT

lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female--

DBT

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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21 verses on the floor

Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Deuteronomy 4:25
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Romans 1:22–24
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
Deuteronomy 5:8
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

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Two sorts of idolatry he cautions them against:-- [1.] The worship of images, however by them they might intend to worship the true God, as they had done in the golden calf, so changing the truth of God into a lie and his glory into shame. The second commandment is expressly directed against this, and is here enlarged upon,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"Take heed lest you corrupt yourselves, " that is, "lest you debauch yourselves;" for those that think to make images of God form in their minds such notions of him as must needs be an inlet to all impieties; and it is intimated that it is a spiritual adultery.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This was particularly the case with the Canaanites and Egyptians, against whose superstitious practices the caution, no doubt, was chiefly directed. The former worshipped Baal and Astarte, the latter Osiris and Isis, under the figure of a male and a female.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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DEU 4:16DEU 5:8 EXO 20:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
DEU 4:16ACT 17:29 ISA 40:25
DEU 4:16ACT 17:29 ISA 46:5-6
DEU 4:16ACT 17:29 PSA 115:4-8
DEU 4:16ACT 17:29 HAB 2:19-20
DEU 4:16DEU 4:23 DEU 4:9
DEU 4:16DEU 5:8 DEU 4:15-19
DEU 4:16DEU 4:23 EZE 16:59

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