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[http://www.carm.org/diff/Exodus20_5.htm Should you make graven images or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
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''"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2020.4;&version=49; Exodus 20.4])''
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[http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2026:1;&version=49; Leviticus 26:1], [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%205:8;&version=49; Deuteronomy 5:8], and [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2027:15;&version=49; Deuteronomy 27.15] agree with [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2020.4;&version=49; Exodus 20:4] above.
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''"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat." ([http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2025.18;&version=49; Exodus 25:18])''
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[http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2037.7-8;&version=49; Exodus 37:7-8] agrees with [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2025.18;&version=49; Exodus 25:18] above.
===The Problem===
Some passages in the [[Torah]] tell the Hebrews not to make graven images of creatures in heaven, but other passages record God telling the Hebrews to make sculptures of cherubim, a kind of angel.
===External Links===
* [http://www.carm.org/diff/Exodus20_5.htm Should you make graven images or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
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