Deuteronomy 4:15

15 "When the Lord spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain

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 told you what you must do to keep the covenant he made with you - you must obey the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.

14 The Lord told me to teach you all the laws that you are to obey in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.

15 "When the Lord spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain

16 that you do not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all - whether man or woman,

17 animal or bird,