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Lev. 26:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yes shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a νstanding image, neither shall ye set up any πimage of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

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Deut. 16:22• ²²Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth. (Deut. 16:22)

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Deut. 27:15• ¹⁵Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. (Deut. 27:15)

ν

or, pillar

π

a stone of picture, or figured stone

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1: Of idolatry.

2: Religiousness.

3-13: A blessing to them that keep the commandments.

14-39: A curse to those that break them.

40-46: God promises to remember them that repent.

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Lev. 19:4• ⁴Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:4)

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Ex. 20:4‑5,23• ⁴Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
⁵thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,
²³Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold. (Ex. 20:4‑5,23)

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Ex. 23:24• ²⁴Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues. (Ex. 23:24)

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Ex. 34:17• ¹⁷--Thou shalt make thyself no molten gods. (Ex. 34:17)

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Deut. 4:16‑19• ¹⁶lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,
¹⁷the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
¹⁸the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;
¹⁹and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:16‑19)

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Deut. 5:8‑9• ⁸Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
⁹thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Deut. 5:8‑9)

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Deut. 16:21‑22• ²¹Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
²²Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth. (Deut. 16:21‑22)

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Deut. 27:15• ¹⁵Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. (Deut. 27:15)

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Psa. 97:7• ⁷Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods. (Psa. 97:7)

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Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
⁵They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
⁸They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Isa. 2:20• ²⁰In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; (Isa. 2:20)

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know;--that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a *god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up: they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The iron-smith hath a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm;--but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.
¹³The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.
¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth--he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh it grow.
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a *god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.
¹⁷And with the remainder thereof he maketh a *god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my *god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
¹⁹And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9‑20)

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Isa. 48:5‑8• ⁵so I have long ago declared them to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear them; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.
⁶Thou heardest, see all this;--and ye, will not ye declare it? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:
⁷they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
⁸Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. (Isa. 48:5‑8)

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Jer. 10:3‑8• ³For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
⁴they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
⁶There is none like unto thee, Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
⁸But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock. (Jer. 10:3‑8)

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Acts 17:29• ²⁹Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination. (Acts 17:29)

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Rom. 2:22‑23• ²²thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God? (Rom. 2:22‑23)

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1 Cor. 10:19‑20• ¹⁹What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
²⁰But that what the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons. (1 Cor. 10:19‑20)

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Rev. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.
¹⁵And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed. (Rev. 13:14‑15)

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Rev. 22:15• ¹⁵Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:15)

standing image.

or, pillar.

image of stone.

or, figuredstone.

Heb. a stone of picture.

• Thus the government of God, resulting in His return in grace to His unconditional promise and (earthly) purpose are given to us in chapter 26, and the absolute title of Jehovah in chapter 27. --Chapter 26 is, in fact, a parenthesis showing God’s ways, with return to His promise in grace; --Chapter 25, man’s redeeming, if he could, or his kinsman; --Chapter 27, God’s absolute title. (“Leviticus 27” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.