"You dont seem to have any regard for Exodus 20:16."
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:Exodus 20:4
AMEN!
Perhaps you should read Exodus 25 where God INSTRUCTS Moses how to make the Ark.
Nor did the Jews:
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel
Exodus 25:20
Apparently God violated His own commandment when he gave instructions for construction of the Ark of the Covenant.
Or maybe your interpretation of Exodus 20:4 is defective.
Here’s a hint: Exodus 20:2-5 provides the complete context of Exodus 20:4.