Deu. 5:7, 8. That this first commandment has respect to worshipping other gods; but the second has respect to worshipping the true God by images, is confirmed by chap. Deuteronomy 4:16-18. The people were in danger of representing God by some image of bird or beast, or some other animal, because the Egyptians, that were a neighboring nation, and a people among whom they had dwelt, represented all invisible things by images or hieroglyphics.

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