Fireinfolding
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Nope, and they all say the same thing: do not have any other gods before me.
People are taking the image/idol thing out of context. When the Bible speaks of those things, it is talking about images of animals that represent other deities, such as an ox, bird or fish. Pagan deities are loaded with symbolism that often involves nature (as are Native Americans deities). God's commandment was not to worship those idols and pagan gods, such as Moloch.
Nothing is mentioned about symbolism of God Himself.
I know this is an older post, however I just wanted to add in that images of both male and female were also mentioned In Duet 4:16.
Baal was considered the supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians and the bowing of the knee before his image is made mention of in Rom 11:4 also. There were females such as Ashtoreth and the goddess Diana who is mentioned in Acts 19:35 And we know of others such as Zeus and the rest of those gods (which all have appearances of mankind (two footed male and female types)
But it starts there
Duet 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (and this followed up by what is reflected in Romans 1:23 beast, fowl, or creepy thing) see the next couple of verses there.
Whereas here it also starts
Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
That would include the two footed male and females given the fourfooted is mentioned after, along with other things (those with wings or creepy things).
Even as Romans mentions bowing to an image of Baal also.
Romans 11:4... I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
I just wanted to add that in.
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