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Of all the things condemned by God, idolatry is the most serious. The first commandment is this: "You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exo. 20:3). Then in the second commandment God's people are instructed to worship Him directly and not through any intervening object: "You shall not make for yourself an idol [i.e., an image], or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship [bow down to] them or serve them" (Exo. 20:4-5, NASV). There are literally scores of other passages in the Bible which also forbid the making or venerating of images. A few examples are:
You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God (Lev. 26:1).