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Arcana Coelestia #8933

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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.

  
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The Bible

 

Psalms 115:4-5

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4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: