Through Moses, he reminded the Israelites that they must not make for themselves “a carved image, the form of any symbol, the representation of male or female, the representation of any beast that is in the earth, the representation of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, the representation of anything moving on the ground, the representation of any fish that is in the waters under the earth. ”
Ta tuletas iisraellastele Moosese vahendusel meelde, et nad ei tohi valmistada endile „nikerdatud kuju, mõnd jumalakuju, mehe või naise kujutist, mõne maapealse looma kujutist, mõne taeva all lendava tiivulise linnu kujutist, mõne maad mööda roomaja kujutist, mõne kala kujutist, kes on maa all vees ”.