1. Exodus 20:4 (ESV)
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Which Egyptian gods were considered airborne?

Exodus 20:4 (ESV)

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved 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.

In Egypt the sun-god Ra or Amon was the most important of all gods. The falcon-god Horus was also worshipped widely in Egypt.

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