[RobbyS]

The Commandments are not numbered. Not in the Hebrew. The Commandments are, after all, just one long prologue to the Law that follows, which is a kind of constitution of the nation of Israel. The prohibition of icons is basically saying that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is NOT like the gods that Abraham’s father made back in Ur, or the Canaanite gods, or the Egyptians or the Greek gods, or the Arabian gods that Mohammad saw in the Kaaba.

The Ark was the only sacred object that the Jews worshipped, and part of that were the carved figures that adorned the Ark. Of course, the temple itself, which was just a stone replica of the Tent, was, in a way, a sacred object. And of course, the Scriptures, also made by human hands, are also sacred objects, and frequent adored with pictures of holy people. The Muslims, of course, don’t do this. Are you sure you are not a Muslim?

[editor-surveyor]

I love watching you slither!

The commandments are given in an order, and it is the second in that order that condemns the iconic idolatry of the catholic abomination.
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[editor-surveyor]

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The commandments are given in an order, and it is the second in that order that condemns the iconic idolatry of the catholic abomination.
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The Ark was not worshiped; in fact, in practice only the high priest even entered to it, and then only after filling the place with enough smoke that he couldn’t even see it.

They worshiped only YHWH.
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