Any sculpted, carved, or molded representation made for worship — explicitly forbidden in the second commandment. Exodus 20:4-5: 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: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. The Hebrew pesel (graven image) names the carved or sculpted object specifically; the commandment's scope extends to all visual representations made for the purpose of worship. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions distinguish veneration (dulia, given to images of saints and Christ) from worship (latria, given only to God) — a distinction Protestant traditions have generally rejected as drawing a line Scripture does not draw. The commandment cuts against any practice of bowing before, kissing, lighting candles to, or directing prayer through a physical image. Even the bronze serpent Moses made at God's command became an object of idolatrous worship in Israel and had to be destroyed by Hezekiah (2 Kgs 18:4). The principle is sweeping: God will not share His glory with images.