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===God Forbids Graven Images===
 
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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.
 
[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])''
 
''"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.
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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%2037.7-8;&version=49; Exodus 37:7-8])''
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==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.
 
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.
  
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* [http://www.carm.org/diff/Exodus20_5.htm Should you make graven images or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
 
* [http://www.carm.org/diff/Exodus20_5.htm Should you make graven images or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
  
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Go to the [[Apologetics]] index
 
Go to the [[Apologetics]] index
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 30 June 2009

Texts

God Forbids Graven Images

"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." (Exodus 20.4)

Leviticus 26:1, Deuteronomy 5:8, and Deuteronomy 27.15 agree with Exodus 20:4 above.

God Allows Graven Images

"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat." (Exodus 25:18)

"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat." (Exodus 37:7-8)

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




Go to the Apologetics: Exodus index

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