“And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.”
And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only you heard a voice -- this verse is crucial: Israel heard the word but saw no form (t'munah). This absence of visual representation of God becomes the theological ground against idolatry: there is nothing to carve or cast because God appeared as voice, not body. The disembodied word is the basis for the prohibition of graven images.
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