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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תַעֲשׂ֨וּta.'a.Suyou must makeH6213 →
לָכֶ֜םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
אֱלִילִ֗ם'e.li.Limworthless idolsH457 →
וּפֶ֤סֶלu.Fe.seland an idolH6459 →
וּמַצֵּבָה֙u.ma.tze.Vahand a sacred pillarH4676 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תָקִ֣ימוּta.Ki.muyou must set upH6965 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
וְאֶ֣בֶןve.'E.venand a stone ofH68 →
מַשְׂכִּ֗יתmas.Kita carved imageH4906 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
תִתְּנוּ֙ti.te.Nuyou must makeH5414 →
בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔םbe.'ar.tze.Khemin land yourH776 →
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תle.hish.ta.cha.Votto bow downH7812 →
עָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.hato itH5921 →
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →

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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 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.Numbers 33:52you 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.Exodus 23:24You 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.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!’Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Exodus 20:4–5You 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 16:22and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.1 Corinthians 10:19–20Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Revelation 13:14–15Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.Exodus 20:23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.Jeremiah 10:3–8For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Deuteronomy 16:21–22Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,Romans 2:22–23You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.Deuteronomy 4:16–19that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

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About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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