Exodus 20:3-4

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KJV

³ Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
⁴ Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

RSV

³You shall have no other gods before me.
⁴You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

NRSV

⁴ You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

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This commandment is relevant to The Image and Likeness of God, q.v. for discussion and links.

The legal context, necessitating clear, non-figurative language, supports the plain reading that The Earth is founded on water in the cosmology assumed in the Bible.

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