the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
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the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
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The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
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the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
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- Romans 1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 4:17 The likeness of any beast that [is]…
Deu 4:17 The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
Ver. 17. The likeness of any beast.] Which was a piece of the Egyptian madness. Israel, by being there, had learned to set up one calf, Jeroboam two.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whereby the heathen nations did represent and worship God,…
Whereby the heathen nations did represent and worship God, some by an ox, some by a goat, or a hen, or a serpent, or a fish, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The likeness of any beast that is on the…
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth,.... As there are scarce any but the likeness of them has been made and worshipped, or the creatures themselves, as the ox by the Egyptians, the sheep by the Thebans, the goat by the Mendesians, and others by different people:
the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air; as the hawk, and the bird called Ibis, and another by the name of Cneph by the Egyptians, and the eagle by others.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. The likeness of any beast, c.] Such…
Verse 17. The likeness of any beast, c.] Such as the Egyptian god Apis, who was worshipped under the form of a white bull the ibis and hawk, among the FOWLS, had also Divine honours paid to them; serpents and the crocodile among REPTILES; besides monkeys, dogs, cats, the scarabaeus, leeks, and onions! See this explained at large, See Clarke on Ex 20:4.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. the likeness] Again tabnîth.
17. the likeness] Again tabnîth.
winged fowl] Heb. bird of wing: cp. P, Gen_7:14; Gen_1:21.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 17, 18. The likeness the figureof any beast,…
Vers. 17, 18. The likeness the figureof any beast, etc. A warning against the animal-worship of Egypt.
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