===Texts==={| cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''"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." (REDIRECT [[httpApologetics://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex%2020.4;&version=49; Exodus 20.4])''|}[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.{| 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%2025.18;&version=49; Exodus 25:18])''|}[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 ---- Go to the [[Exodus Apologetics]] index Go to the [[Apologetics]] index