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Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 303:2

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Another interpretation of "You shall not make for yourselves" (Exodus 20:20): that you should not say, behold I will make one for decoration, or in the manner that others do in the provinces; therefore Scripture teaches, "You shall not make for yourselves."

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