Exodus 12:9

12:9 Do not eat it raw ¹  or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails.

Exodus 20:4

20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image ²  or any likeness ³  of anything ⁴  that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. ⁵ 

[12:9]  ¹ sn This ruling was to prevent their eating it just softened by the fire or partially roasted as differing customs might prescribe or allow.

[20:4]  ² tn A פֶּסֶל (pesel) is an image that was carved out of wood or stone. The Law was concerned with a statue that would be made for the purpose of worship, an idol to be venerated, and not any ordinary statue.

[20:4]  ³ tn The word תְּמוּנָה (tÿmunah) refers to the mental pattern from which the פֶּסֶל (pesel) is constructed; it is a real or imagined resemblance. If this is to stand as a second object to the verb, then the verb itself takes a slightly different nuance here. It would convey “you shall not make an image, neither shall you conceive a form” for worship (B. Jacob, Exodus, 547). Some simply make the second word qualify the first: “you shall not make an idol in the form of…” (NIV).

[20:4]  ⁴ tn Here the phrase “of anything” has been supplied.

[20:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “under the earth” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).