Scripture
““You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.”
Deuteronomy 5:8
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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