Leviticus 26:1
I am the Lord your God. You shall not make for yourselves an idol or a graven image. Neither shall you erect a monument, or set up a conspicuous stone in your land, in order that you may adore it. For I am the Lord your God.
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In Context
2Observe my Sabbaths, and be fearful toward my Sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 20:23You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.
Exodus 34:17You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods.
Leviticus 19:4Do not be willing to convert to idols, neither should you make molten gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:16Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,
Deuteronomy 16:21You shall not plant a sacred grove, nor shall you plant any tree near the altar of the Lord your God;
Judges 18:30And they established for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, with his sons, were priests in the tribe of Dan, even until the day of their captivity.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:1
This chapter is a solemn conclusion of the main body of the levitical law. The precepts that follow in this and the following book either relate to some particular matters or are repetitions and explications of the foregoing institutions. Now this chapter contains a general enforcement of all those laws by promises of reward in case of obedience on the one hand, and threatenings of punishment for disobedience on the other hand, the former to work upon hope, the latter on fear, those two handles of the soul, by… Read the whole commentary →