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===External Links===
Category:Apologetics
==Texts====Texts=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.
===God Allows Graven Images===
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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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{| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''"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] 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.
* [http://www.carm.org/diff/Exodus20_5.htm Should you make graven images or not?] Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
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