Deuteronomy 4:17

17 of animals on earth or birds that fly in the air,

Deuteronomy 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:17

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth
As there are scarce any but the likeness of them has been made and worshipped, or the creatures themselves, as the ox by the Egyptians, the sheep by the Thebans, the goat by the Mendesians, and others by different people:

the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air;
as the hawk, and the bird called Ibis, and another by the name of Cneph by the Egyptians, and the eagle by others.

Deuteronomy 4:17 In-Context

15 Since the Lord spoke to you from the fire at Mount Sinai, but you did not see him, watch yourselves carefully!

16 Don't sin by making idols of any kind, and don't make statues -- of men or women,

17 of animals on earth or birds that fly in the air,

18 of anything that crawls on the ground, or of fish in the water below.

19 When you look up at the sky, you see the sun, moon, and stars, and everything in the sky. But don't bow down and worship them, because the Lord your God has made these things for all people everywhere.