Deuteronomy 27:15
Accursed be the man who shall make an image or molten (one), an abomination before the Lord, the work of an artificer’s hand, and place it in secret. And all the people shall respond and say, Amen.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the Levites shall answer and say to all the men of Israel, with a high voice:
16Accursed be he who contemneth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Genesis 9:25and he said; Accursed be Kenaan, A working servant shall he be to his brethren.
Genesis 31:34But Rahel had taken the images, and laid them in the panniers of the camels, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found not.
Exodus 20:2326 And thou shalt not ascend by steps to My altar, that thy nakedness may not be discerned upon it.
Exodus 34:17Molten gods thou shalt not make to thee.
Leviticus 26:1You shall make to you no idols, nor image, nor set up for you a statue; nor a stone for worship shall you make on your land to worship upon it, for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:16Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you an image, or the likeness of any form, the likeness of male or female,
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →