Deuteronomy 4:14
King James Version
“And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.”
Context
11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only a voice.
13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16Lest ye corrupt and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17The likeness of any beast that on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,