Commento biblico di Adam Clarke
Deuteronomio 4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any beast, etc. - Such as the Egyptian god Apis, who was worshipped under the form of a white bull; the ibis and hawk, among the fowls, had also Divine honors paid to them; serpents and the crocodile among reptiles; besides monkeys, dogs, cats, the scarabaeus, leeks, and onions! See this explained at large, Esodo 20:4 (note).