Deuteronomy 27:15
'Cursed [is] the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, — and all the people have answered and said, Amen.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14'And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel — a loud voice:
Cross References
Genesis 9:25and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
Genesis 31:34And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;
Exodus 20:23ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
Exodus 34:17a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.
Leviticus 26:1'Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I [am] Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 4:16lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form 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 →