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Unfinished human, animal, bird and fish carvings beside unused tools.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Deuteronomy 5:8

No Carved Likeness

The Ten Words and the People’s Plea · Deuteronomy 5

Story guide: This prohibition object essay illustrates the likenesses Israel must not make; it invents no act of worship.

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8You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.

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