Deuteronomy 4:17
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of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
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They were also not to make an image of any kind of beast; a caution against imitating the animal worship of Egypt.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. A most earnest and pathetic exhortation to obedience, both in general, and in some particular instances, backed with a great variety of very pressing arguments, repeated again and again, and set before them in the most moving and affectionate manner imaginable (v. 1-40). II. The appointing of the cities of refuge on that side Jordan (Deu 4:41-43). III. The particular description of the place where Moses delivered the following repetition of the law (Deu 4:44, etc.).
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