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Levítico 26:1
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"No os haréis ídolos, ni os levantaréis imagen tallada ni pilares sagrados, ni pondréis en vuestra tierra piedra grabada para inclinaros ante ella; porque yo soy el Señor vuestro Dios.
NO har�is para vosotros �dolos, ni escultura, ni os levantar�is estatua, ni pondr�is en vuestra tierra piedra pintada para inclinaros � ella: porque yo soy Jehov� vuestro Dios.
No har�is para vosotros �dolos, ni escultura, ni os levantar�is t�tulo, ni pondr�is en vuestra tierra piedra pintada para inclinaros a ella; porque yo soy el SE�OR vuestro Dios.
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
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 מצבה στηλην Sept. "titulos", V. L. "titulum", Samar. Ar. "pillar", Ainsworth. h "Suidas in voce" θευς αρης Vid. Arnob. adv. Gentes, l. 6. p. 232.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Idols - literally, “things of nought.” Hebrew אלילים 'ĕlı̂ylı̂m. There appears to have been a play on the similarity in sound of this word to אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym (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 “sabbaths” 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.
