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Leviticus 26:1
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You shall make you no idols, neither shall you rear you up an engraved image, or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
"‘You shall not make for yourselves idols and divine images, and you shall not raise up stone pillars for yourselves, and you shall not put a sculptured stone in your land in order to worship before it, because I am Yahweh your God.
"‘Don't make idols for yourselves or set up statues or memorials. Don't put stone statues in your land to bow down to, because I am the Lord your God.
"‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God.
'You shall not make idols for yourselves, nor shall you erect an image, a sacred pillar or an obelisk, nor shall you place any figured stone in your land so that you may bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
'You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a carved image or a memorial stone, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall make you none idoles nor grauen image, neither reare you vp any pillar, neither shal ye set any image of stone in your land to bow downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.
‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a graven image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a carved stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God.
The Lord said: I am the Lord your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.
"‘You are not to make yourselves any idols, erect a carved statue or a standing-stone, or place any carved stone anywhere in your land in order to bow down to it. I am Adonai your God.
Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am Jehovah your God.
"Don't make idols for yourselves. Don't set up statues or memorial stones in your land to bow down to, because I am the Lord your God!
"You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.
YOU shall make for yourselves no idols nor graven images, neither shall you erect obelisks for yourselves, nor shall you set up any image of stones in your land to bow down to them or worship them; for I am the LORD your God.
The Lord said, "Do not make idols or set up statues, stone pillars, or carved stones to worship. I am the Lord your God.
“Do not make idols for yourselves, set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.
You shall not make idols to yourselves; and you shall not set up for yourselves graven images, or a memorial pillar. And you shall not place any stone image in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God.
Ye shall make you no Idols ner ymage, and ye shal reare you vp no piler, ner set vp eny markstone in youre londe, to bowe youre selues therto. For I am the LORDE youre God.
Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.
Ye shall make you no idols nor graue image, neither reare you vp any piller, neither shall ye set vp any image of stone in your lande to bowe downe vnto it: for I am the Lorde your God.
Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am the LORD your God.
Yee shall make you no Idoles nor grauen Image, neither reare you vp a standing image, neither shall yee set vp any Image of stone in your land, to bow downe vnto it: For I am the Lord your God.
I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.
Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Y am youre Lord God; ye schulen not make to you an ydol, and a grauun ymage, nether ye schulen reise titlis, nether ye schulen sette a noble stoon in youre lond, that ye worschipe it; for Y am youre Lord God.
`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I [am] Jehovah your God.
You shall not make yourselves idols, neither shall you rear yourselves up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I [am] the LORD your God.
You shall make you no idols, neither shall you rear you up an engraved image, or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 7:12-24; 28:1-68">[xr] "You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
‘Do not make gods for yourselves. Do not set up for yourselves something to look like a god or a holy object. Do not set up something cut from stone in your land to bow down to. For I am the Lord your God.
You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them; for I am the Lord your God.
Ye shall not make unto you idols, - neither image nor pillar, shall ye set up for yourselves, nor sculptured stone, shall ye place in your land, to bow yourselves down thereunto,-For, I Yahweh, am your God.
I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.
"You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no graven image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down to them; for I am the LORD your God.
"Don't make idols for yourselves; don't set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don't place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am God , your God.
'You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Ye shall: Leviticus 19:4, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 20:23, Exodus 23:24, Exodus 34:17, Deuteronomy 4:16-19, Deuteronomy 5:8, Deuteronomy 5:9, Deuteronomy 16:21, Deuteronomy 16:22, Deuteronomy 27:15, Psalms 97:7, Psalms 115:4-8, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 44:9-20, Isaiah 48:5-8, Jeremiah 10:3-8, Acts 17:29, Romans 2:22, Romans 2:23, 1 Corinthians 10:19, 1 Corinthians 10:20, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 13:15, Revelation 22:15
standing image: or, pillar
image of stone: or, figured stone, Heb. a stone of picture
Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:33 - that offereth Deuteronomy 4:40 - keep Deuteronomy 5:6 - I am the Deuteronomy 7:5 - images Deuteronomy 30:1 - the blessing Joshua 8:34 - blessings Judges 18:30 - set up 1 Kings 14:23 - images 2 Kings 17:10 - they set 2 Kings 17:12 - whereof Isaiah 44:8 - have declared Hosea 10:1 - images
Cross-References
After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means "open space"), for he said, "At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land."
That very day Isaac's servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. "We've found water!" they exclaimed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye shall have no idols, or graven image,.... Some of the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, think this law against idolatry is mentioned on account of the Israelite sold to a stranger, spoken of in the latter part of the preceding chapter, lest he should be drawn into idolatry; :-; but this is rather mentioned as being a principal law, respecting the honour and glory of God, and the foundation of all religion and godliness, and the breach of it a capital crime, and which led on to other sins, and exposed to the displeasure and resentment of God, and brought on all the calamities after mentioned in this chapter. "Idols" here signify "things of nought", as an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4; and a "graven image", any likeness of man or beast cut out of wood, or stone; and may include any molten image of gold, silver, or brass, and then engraven with a tool, as the golden calf was, Exodus 32:4:
neither rear you up a standing image; or pillar g; an heap of rude stones, set up pillar, not bearing the likeness of any creature; otherwise graven and molten images were standing ones, but these were statues without any figure; such as the Arabians used to worship; the god Mars, worshipped in Arabia Petraea, was no other than a black stone four square, unformed, four feet high, and two broad, and was placed on a basis of gold h;
neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto; any "figured stone", as the Targum and Aben Ezra interpret it, which had figures and representations of creatures cut in it, in order to bow down unto and worship: the word has the signification of covering, as they cover a floor with a pavement of stones:
for I [am] the Lord your God; who is the alone object of religious worship and adoration.
g ×צ×× ÏÏηλην Sept. "titulos", V. L. "titulum", Samar. Ar. "pillar", Ainsworth. h "Suidas in voce" Î¸ÎµÏ Ï Î±ÏÎ·Ï Vid. Arnob. adv. Gentes, l. 6. p. 232.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Idols - literally, âthings of nought.â Hebrew ×××××× 'eÌlıÌylıÌm. There appears to have been a play on the similarity in sound of this word to ××××× 'eÌlohıÌym (God). Compare 1 Corinthians 8:4.
Standing image - Either an upright statue, or a pillar, such as an obelisk or a Celtic menhir, set up for an idolatrous purpose (compare Exodus 34:13 note). The public worship of Yahweh required, first, the exclusion of all visible symbols of deity as well as of all idolatrous objects, and next Leviticus 26:2, the keeping holy the times and the place appointed by the Law for His formal service. The word âsabbathsâ must here include the whole of the set times. See Leviticus 23:3 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXVI
Idolatry forbidden, 1.
The Saobath to be sanctified, 2, 3.
Promises to obedience, of fruitful fields, plentiful harvests,
and vintage, 4, 5.
Of peace and security, 6.
Discomfiture of their enemies, 7-9.
Of abundance, 10.
Of the Divine presence, 11-13.
Threatenings against the disobedient, 14, 15.
Of terror and dismay, 16.
Their enemies shall prevail against them, 17, 18.
Of barrenness, 19, 20.
Of desolation by wild beasts, 21, 22.
And if not humbled and reformed, worse evils shall be inflicted
upon them, 23, 24.
Their enemies shall prevail, and they shall be wasted by the
pestilence, 25, 26.
If they should still continue refractory they shall be yet more
sorely punished, 27, 28.
The famine shall so increase that they shall be obliged to eat
their own children, 29.
Their carcasses shall be cast upon the carcasses of their idols,
30.
Their cities shall be wasted, and the sanctuary desolated, 31;
the land destroyed, 32,
themselves scattered among their enemies, and pursued with utter
confusion and distress, 33-39.
If under these judgments they confess their sin and return to
God, he will remember them in mercy, 40-43;
Visit them even in the land of their enemies, 44;
and remember his covenant with their fathers, 45.
The conclusion, stating these to be the judgments and laws which
the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in
Mount Sinai, 46.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVI
Verse Leviticus 26:1. Ye shall make you no idols — Exodus 20:4; Exodus 20:4, and Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:18; "Genesis 28:19", concerning consecrated stones. Not only idolatry in general is forbidden here, but also the superstitious use of innocent and lawful things. Probably the stones or pillars which were first set up, and anointed by holy men in commemoration of signal interpositions of God in their behalf, were afterward abused to idolatrous and superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited. This we know was the case with the brazen serpent, 2 Kings 18:4.
