¹⁸ And don’t make an idol that looks like anything that crawls on the ground or like a fish in the sea. ¹⁹ And be careful when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the many things in the sky. Be careful that you are not tempted to worship and serve them. The Lord your God lets the other people in the world do this. ²⁰ But the Lord brought you out of Egypt to make you his own special people. He saved you from Egypt. It was as if he pulled you from a hot furnace.^[a] And now you are his people.