Leviticus 19:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּפְנוּ֙	tif.Nu	you turn	H6437 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים	ha.'e.li.Lim	<the> worthless idols	H457 →
וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙	ve.lo.Hei	and gods of	H430 →
מַסֵּכָ֔ה	ma.se.Khah	molten metal	H4541 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ	ta.'a.Su	you must make	H6213 →
לָכֶ֑ם	la.Khem	for <the> yourselves
אֲנִ֖י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃	'e.lo.hei.Khem	God your	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am…
leads to
- Numbers 33:52
  you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Deuteronomy 27:15
  ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people…
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Exodus 20:4–5
  You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Through
Deuteronomy 27:15
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people…
leads to
- Exodus 34:17
  You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
- Exodus 20:4
  You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Deuteronomy 5:8
  You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Through
Exodus 20:23
You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:39
  And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.Psalms 115:4–7Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.Exodus 20:23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.Exodus 34:17You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Psalms 96:5For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.Exodus 20:3–5You shall have no other gods before Me.1 Corinthians 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.Judges 17:3And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”Daniel 3:18But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”1 Chronicles 16:26For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.Haggai 2:18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:2 Chronicles 28:2Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.

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