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lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,
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the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
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the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.
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And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
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But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
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Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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But I must die in this land, I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and possess that good land.
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Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
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For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
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"When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,
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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.