***The early Hebrews however, did not actually Pray to the statues that decorated the ark, nor the temple.***
No, but the ancient Israelites were supposed to look upon Moses’ pole with the snake on it in order to be cured of snake bites. “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.” Numbers 21:8
And what happened to Moses’s snake and the pole? Was it saved carefully along with the original tabernacle and passed around every April?