A CARVED IMAGE — from pasal, to hew or chisel; the KJV's 'graven image' is exact. ⚠ Whether Exodus 20:3 forbids images OF JEHOVAH or only images of other gods is the question the numbering traditions divide over, and the Hebrew syntax permits both: read with the previous clause it is one commandment about foreign gods, read alone it is a standalone prohibition of images. → first discussed at Exod 20:3