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Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.
Exodus 20:12
Arcana Coelestia # 8933
8933. 'You shall not make [them] for yourselves' means that utmost care must be taken to avoid them. This is clear from the consideration that this is a reiteration of what they must not do. A reiteration or repetition implies thoroughness, that is, that utmost care must be taken to avoid the thing.
