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If we perceive a godlikeness in a human (and we may) there is justice in seeing him (or her) as if we saw God. It is the beauty in the encounter of Jacob with Edom that he fears and honours his older (and betrayed) brother as he would fear the presence of God. The same we can appreciate with Paul when he reminds brothers of their love for him and how they ...

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 ...