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Ramban on Exodus 20:4/רמב"ן על שמות כ׳:ד׳
אוְאָמַר אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ לְרַבּוֹת הַשֵּׁדִים, "מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשׁוֹכְנֵיהֶם" (איוב כו ה), וְכָךְ אָמְרוּ (במכילתא כאן) לְהָבִיא אֶת הַבּוּבְיָא וְאָמַר בְּכֻלָּם לֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם בְּשׁוּם עֲבוֹדָה כְּלָל, וַאֲפִלּוּ לֹא יְהֵא דַּעְתּוֹ לְהוֹצִיא עַצְמוֹ מֵרְשׁוּתוֹ שֶׁל הקב"ה, וְהִנֵּה רִיקֵן כָּל הָעֲבוֹדוֹת כֻּלָּן לַשֵּׁם הַמְיֻחָד ית' (סנהדרין ס:):
1ALL THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH. This expression includes the demons beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.342 And so the Rabbis have said,343 “All that is in the water under the earth: this includes the reflected images [which appear in the water].” Of all of them He said, Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them344 in any manner of worship whatsoever, even if the worshipper’s intent is not to remove himself from the authority of the Holy One, blessed be He. Thus He has ordered all these services to be devoted to the Proper Name [of the Eternal], blessed be He.