Deuteronomy 4:15

15 "Therefore, watch out for yourselves! Since you did not see a shape of any kind on the day ADONAI spoke to you in Horev from the fire,

Deuteronomy 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:15

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves
As to keep all the laws given them, so particularly to avoid idolatry:

for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day the Lord spake unto you
in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;
and therefore, as they had nothing that directed and led them, so they had nothing that could be a temptation to them, to make any form or likeness, and worship it.

Deuteronomy 4:15 In-Context

13 He proclaimed his covenant to you, which he ordered you to obey, the Ten Words; and he wrote them on two stone tablets.

14 At that time ADONAI ordered me to teach you laws and rulings, so that you would live by them in the land you are entering in order to take possession of it.

15 "Therefore, watch out for yourselves! Since you did not see a shape of any kind on the day ADONAI spoke to you in Horev from the fire,

16 do not become corrupt and make yourselves a carved image having the shape of any figure - not a representation of a human being, male or female,

17 or a representation of any animal on earth, or a representation of any bird that flies in the air,