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Deu 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

graven image		Deu 4:15-19; Exd 20:4

Correlating Passages

graven image

	Deu 4:15	Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
	Deu 4:16	Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
	Deu 4:17	The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
	Deu 4:18	The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:
	Deu 4:19	And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
	Exd 20:4	Thou shalt not make unto 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 water under the earth:

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 5:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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