(A)‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not (B)bow[a] down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, [b]visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 (C)but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and [c]keep My commandments.

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  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 worship them
  2. Deuteronomy 5:9 punishing
  3. Deuteronomy 5:10 observe

לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙׀ כָּל־תְּמוּנָ֔֡ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙׀ מִמַּ֔֡עַל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתָּ֑֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם׀ מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ׃

לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָב֧וֹת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים וְעַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃

10 וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה חֶ֖֙סֶד֙ לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י ׳מִצְוֺתָו׳ ״מִצְוֺתָֽי׃״ ס

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(A)You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any [a]likeness of what is in heaven above [b]or on the earth beneath [c]or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (B)inflicting the [d]punishment of the fathers on the children, [e]even on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 but (C)showing [f]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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  1. Deuteronomy 5:8 Or manifestation
  2. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  3. Deuteronomy 5:8 Lit or what is on
  4. Deuteronomy 5:9 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  5. Deuteronomy 5:9 Or and on
  6. Deuteronomy 5:10 Or faithfulness