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3 Mose 19:4
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Ihr sollt euch nicht an die Götzen wenden und sollt euch keine gegossenen Götter machen, denn ich, der Herr , bin euer Gott.
Ihr sollt euch nicht zu den Gtzen wenden, und gegossene Gtter sollt ihr euch nicht machen. Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 20:3-5, 1 Corinthians 10:14, 1 John 5:21
not unto: Leviticus 26:1
molten gods: Exodus 20:23, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 34:17, Deuteronomy 27:15, Haggai 2:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:4 - General Leviticus 18:2 - General Judges 17:3 - a graven image 1 Chronicles 16:26 - all the gods 2 Chronicles 28:2 - molten images Daniel 3:18 - that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Turn ye not unto idols,.... From the one only true and living God to them that are not gods, as the word used signifies, who are nothing; for, as the apostle says, an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4, is of no worth and value, of no consequence and importance, of no avail and usefulness to its devotees; wherefore to turn from the true God to such as these is the greatest stupidity, as well as wickedness: or "look not" at them g for help or assistance, for they are not able to give it: and to look at them so as to view them attentively, and consider their likeness, the Jews say h is forbidden; and even in the heart and mind, as Aben Ezra observes, to have respect unto them was not right; or in the thoughts, as Gersom:
nor make to yourselves molten gods; of gold, silver, or brass, melted and cast into a mould, as the golden calf was, to which respect may be had. These laws have a respect unto the first and second commandments,
Exodus 20:3:
I [am] the Lord, your God; who only is to be worshipped, and who has forbid the making and worshipping any image, molten or graven, and who will therefore resent idolatry of every sort, and punish for it.
g אל תפנו "ne respiciatis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Drusius. h Pesichta, Maimonides.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 19:4. Turn ye not unto idols — אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is NOTHING in the world.
