What is the second commandment in Exodus 20 verse 4?
The second commandment, in verse 4, forbids making any graven image or any likeness of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. It also forbids bowing down to them or serving them, for the Lord thy God is speaking.
Les teaches that the second commandment is given in verse 4: thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything in heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. He then reads verse 5, which adds, thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them, for I am the Lord thy God. Les points out that this commandment is again connected with the statement "I am the Lord thy God," and he notes that God says He is a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Him.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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Which verses in Exodus 20 are the first and second commandments?
The first commandment is "thou shalt have no other gods before me" in verse 3, and the second commandment, forbidding graven images, is in verse 4.