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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
Against _making_ and _worshipping images_.
Verse Exodus 20:4. _THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE_]
As the word פסל _pasal_ signifies to _hew_, _carve, grave_, c....
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The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten
commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy
10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandmen
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CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED
_ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_
2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18)
This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First
orally here,...
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EXODUS 20-24, 34. THE CODES IN EXODUS. Recent study has by many
converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of
words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with
the...
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II. THE LORD. EALOUS GOD.
4. THOU SHALT NOT MAKE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE.
After declaring in the first commandment who was the true God, he
commanded that he alone should be worshiped, and now be defines wh...
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MAKE. The making is equally forbidden as the worshipping.
GRAVEN IMAGE. Hebrew. _pesel,_. sculpture. First occurance....
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THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE— The _having_ or
worshipping any kind of false gods, is absolutely forbidden in the
first commandment. Here the _mode_ of worshipping them, which
general...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
20 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING,
(2) I am Je-ho-vah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of
E-gypt, out of the house of bondage.
(3) Thou shalt have no ot...
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_THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF
ANY THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR
THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH:_
Thou shalt not make u...
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (VV. 1-21)
Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or
'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and
social life of the people, and call...
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If the first commandment implies the truth of God's unity, the second
implies that of His spirituality. Israel is forbidden to worship even
the true God under any external form. God is not like anythi...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 20
GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17
V1 God spoke all these wor...
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THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE. — The two main
clauses of the second commandment are to be read together, so as to
form one sentence: “Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image,
&c....
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לֹֽ֣א תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה ־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֨סֶל֙ ׀
וְ כָל ־ת
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THE “TEN WORDS” SPOKEN AT SINAI
Exodus 20:1
The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of
Moses. See John 1:17; Acts 7:53. It tells us, not what God is, for
that is only shown...
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Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a
proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am
Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
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A graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing, &c. All such images or
likenesses, are forbidden by this commandment, as are made to be
adored and served; according to that which immediately follows, t...
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These verses contain the second commandment, in which the ordinances
of divine worship are pointed out, the prohibition of all creature
adoration, and the reasons on which the worship of God alone is...
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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_NO GRAVEN IMAGE_
‘Thou shalt not make … any graven image,’ etc.
Exodus 20:4
I. THE PRIMARY MEANING OF THIS COMMANDMENT NO LONGER NEEDS
ENFORCEMENT.—There is no longer any disposition to worship Je...
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4._Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. _In the First
Commandment, after He had taught who was the true God, He commanded
that He alone should e worshipped; and now He defines what is His
L...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE,.... An image of
anything graven by art or man's device, cut out of wood of stone, and
so anything that was molten, or cast into a mould or form, engrave...
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_Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of
any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth
beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:_
Ver. 4. _Thou...
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Exo. 20:4. "Any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above" -
_i.e., _ the likeness of sun, moon, or stars, or any bird; [or "that
is in the earth beneath"] - _i.e.,_ of any man, woman, beast, or
c...
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Exo. 20:3-7. The three first commandments. The first commandment
respects the object of worship; and especially forbids those things in
worship that are against _God the Father._ The second commandmen...
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The first commandment is concerning the _object of our worship,
Jehovah_, and him only: _Thou shalt have no other gods before me_ The
Egyptians, and other neighbouring nations, had many gods, creature...
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1 The ten Commandements.
18 The people are afraid.
20 Moses comforteth them.
22 Idolatrie is forbidden.
24 Of what sort the Altar should be.
1 AND God spake all these words, saying,
2 [NOTE: Deut...
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, a carved or sculptured
idol, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANYTHING, any representation that is intended
for religious worship, THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, birds or s...
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THE DECALOGUE...
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SECOND SECTION
The Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis
of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments.
Historical Prophecy
Exodus 20-31
A. THE T...
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(vs.1-17)
Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear
that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous
grace toward them in delivering...
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3-11 The first four of the ten commandments, commonly called the
FIRST table, tell our duty to God. It was fit that those should be put
first, because man had a Maker to love, before he had a neighbo...
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THOU SHALT NOT MAKE, either in thy mind, or with thy hand, ACTS 17:29,
or by thy command. UNTO THEE, i.e. for thy use, or for thee to
worship; for otherwise they were not absolutely forbidden to make...
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It is of the utmost importance to understand the true character and
object of the moral law, as set forth in this chapter. There is a
tendency in the mind to confound the principles of law and grace,...
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Exodus 20:4 make H6213 (H8799) image H6459 likeness H8544 that H834
heaven H8064 above H4605 earth H776 water...
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SHALT NOT MAKE
There is a threefold giving of the law. First, orally, in (Exodus
20:1). This was pure law, with no provision of priesthood and
sacrifice for failure, and was accompanied by the "judgm...
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Exodus 20:4
The First Commandment condemns the worshipping of false gods; the
Second condemns the making of any image or symbol even of the true
God.
I. It would have been natural for the Jews to do...
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Exodus 20:1. _And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy
God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me._
God...
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CONTENTS: Ten commandments delivered to Moses at Sinai.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: A holy and righteous God has holy and righteous standards.
Those who love God will constantly endeavor to...
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Exodus 20:1. _God spake all these words._ In compassion to man, and
the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the
infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation at...
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_Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them._
THE LAW OF WORSHIP
I. A revelation of the will of God.
1. What is forbidden is not the culture of the plastic arts, but their
abuse in fur...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 20:4 YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF A CARVED
IMAGE. The Lord commands Israel not to craft an image of anything in
HEAVEN or EARTH for worship. This is because t
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EXODUS 20:1 Covenant Words and Rules. This section records what will
later be referred to as the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:7)
and includes: the Ten Commandments ...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 20:4_
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
The Being and Spirituality of God seem to be among the most simple
ideas of which the human mind is susceptible; and yet they h...
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EXPOSITION
THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW. Every necessary preparation had now
been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified
themselves." A wholesome dread of "breaking" through the fe...
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And God spake these words, saying (Exodus 20:1),
Now the people said, "All that the Lord commands, we will do." All
right this is what the Lord has spoken. Now these are the commandments
of God.
I am...
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Exodus 32:1 Exodus 32:8 Exodus 32:23 Exodus 34:17 Leviticus 19:4...
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BREAKING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Exodus 20:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were
written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written on one...
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Exodus 20:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements
relative to the Christian and the Law.
1. SAINTS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW FOR SALVA...
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Why did God command His people not to make carved images when He
directed them to carve two cherubs for the Ark of the Covenant? (See
comments on Exodus 25:18)...