^{16 Ref} lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

^{17 Ref} a form of any beast which `is' in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --

¹⁸ a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which `is' in the waters under the earth;

^{19 Ref} `And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

^{20 Ref} `And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as `at' this day.

^{21 Ref} `And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance;

^{22 Ref} for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.

^{23 Ref} `Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:

^{24 Ref} for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God.

^{25 Ref} `When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: --