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The confusion comes in part from imperfect translation. The commandment, in both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, reads as follows:
לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל, וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת--וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם, מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ.
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any ...
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There were many situations where a first century Christian or Jew may have encountered meat sacrificed to idols.
Meat was offered to idols before being served in temples’ dining halls
(often as part of worship) or being used for communal meals; some of
the meat served at the marketplace had been offered to idols. One who
ate in a temple would know ...
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