Jon Collins
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But why is this such a big deal in the Bible?
One of the biggest deals, you could say.
So what do these things mean in their ancient context that might help us think about what it means for us in our context?
Okay, so first little vocabulary lesson on idolatry in the Bible.
The word used right here, don't make for yourself a, and then the Hebrew word's a noun, pestle.
It is used a little over 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.
What's great is that this noun, pesel, has a verb attached, pasal, which means to carve or to shape something.
Pesel is the thing that you carved.
And it can be referred to something you've chiseled out of stone or something that you've carved out of wood.