Study Desk

"Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—there was only a voice.

"So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, ^(C1)the Ten ^(F1)Commandments; and ^(C2)He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

"The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would perform them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it.

"So ^(C1)be very careful ^(F1)yourselves, since you did not see any ^(C2)form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,

so that you do not ^(C1)act corruptly and ^(C2)make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female,

a representation of any animal that is on the earth, a representation of ^(C1)any winged bird that flies in the sky,

a representation of anything that crawls on the ground, or a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth.

"And be careful not to raise your eyes to heaven and look at the sun, the moon, and the stars, ^(C1)all the heavenly ^(F1)lights, ^(C2)and allow yourself to be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.