Study Desk

"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.

"But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of ^(C1)the iron furnace, from Egypt, to ^(C2)be a people of His own possession, as today.

"^(C1)Now the LORD was angry with me on your account, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

"For ^(C1)I am going to die in this land; I am not crossing the Jordan, but you are going to cross, and you will take possession of this ^(C2)good land.

"So be careful ^(F1)yourselves, ^(C1)that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and ^(C2)make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you.

"For the LORD your God is a ^(C1)consuming fire, a ^(C2)jealous God.