Deuteronomy 27:15
Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete place: And all the people shall answere, and say: So be it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the Leuites shall answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce,
16Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Cross References
Genesis 9:25And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
Genesis 31:34(Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, and put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not.
Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.
Exodus 34:17Thou shalt make thee no gods of metall.
Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you none idoles nor grauen image, neither reare you vp any pillar, neither shall ye set any image of stone in your land to bow downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:16That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes 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 →