¹⁶ so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form, ¹⁷ or the form of any animal on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky, ¹⁸ any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.

²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.^(A)