“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”
Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- the temptation to idolatry is acknowledged: Israel might create images of male or female deities. 'Corrupt' (shachat, to spoil, to ruin) characterizes idolatry as self-destruction. To craft a false god is to corrupt one's own nature.
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