Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment?

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The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word.

Deut. 4:15-19; Ex. 32:5, 8; Deut. 12:31-32.

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Deuteronomy 4:15-19
KJV
Deuteronomy 4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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- LC 109
Exodus 32:5
KJV
Exodus 32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
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- LC 109
Exodus 32:8
KJV
Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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- LC 109
Deuteronomy 12:31-32
KJV
Deuteronomy 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

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