Reference: Art
Hastings
Among the Hebrews the fine arts, with the possible exception of music, were not seriously cultivated (cf. Architecture). The law of Ex 20:4 constituted an effective bar to the development of the plastic art in particular. As to the nature and workmanship of the early ephods (Jg 8:27; 17:5) and teraphim (Ge 31:19; Jg 17:5; 1Sa 19:13 RV), as of the 'graven images' and the later 'molten images,' we can only speculate. Sculpture in wood, but of Ph
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Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father's images.
"Thou shalt make thee no graven image, neither any similitude that is in heaven above, either in the earth beneath, or in the water that is beneath the earth.
And thou shalt make a habitation with ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and shalt make them with cherubims of broidered work.
After the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
After the work of a stone graver, even as signets are graven, shalt thou grave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ophrah. And all Israel went a whoring after him there, which thing was the ruin of Gideon's house.
And the man Micah had a chapel of gods, and made an ephod and images, and filled the hand of one of his sons which became his priest.
And the man Micah had a chapel of gods, and made an ephod and images, and filled the hand of one of his sons which became his priest.
And the Cedar of the house within was carved with knops and graven with flowers, and all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was seen.
And within the quyre he made two Cherubims of olive tree, ten cubits high apiece,
And all the walls of the house round about, he garnished with work of Cherubs and palm trees and graven flowers, both within in the quyre and without in the temple.
So I went in, and saw: and behold, there were all manner of images of worms and beasts, all Idols and abominations of the house of Israel painted every which one round about the wall.