לֹ֣א יִהְיֶ֥ה־לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל־פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃
<span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Este es el <b>2do Precepto Negativo</b> enumerado por el Rambam en el Prefacio a Mishné Torá, su “Compendio de la Ley Hebrea” para todo el Pueblo de Israel.',event);" onmouseout="Close();">No harás para ti escultura, ni imagen alguna</span> de cosa que está arriba en los cielos, ó abajo en la tierra, ó en las aguas debajo de la tierra:
Mishneh Torah, Foundations of the Torah
To know this matter is a mandatory commandment, saying: "I am the Lord thy God" (Ex. 20,2); therefore, whosoever supposes that there is another god besides This One, (1) violates a prohibitive commandment, saying: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Ibid. –3), and is an atheist, denying the great principle upon which everything depends.
Mishneh Torah, Negative Mitzvot
Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself not to have it made by others, as it is said, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image” (Ex. 20:4).