Leviticus 26:1

Praise and worship

“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

² You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

³ If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
KJV: Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
WEB: “‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
ASV: Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: [“] You⁺ shall not make for yourselves idols, and you⁺ shall not rear up for yourselves a graven image or standing image, and you⁺ shall not set up an engraved stone in your⁺ land to bow down to it. For I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.

ÅB: Dere skal ikke gjøre dere avguder og ikke reise opp utskårne bilder eller støtter og ikke sette steiner med bilder i deres land for å tilbe ved dem; for jeg er Herren deres Gud.
OTB: ‘Dere skal ikke lage avguder eller sette opp utskårne bilder eller minnesteiner for dere selv, og dere skal ikke plassere en figurstein i deres land for å bøye dere ned for den; for jeg er Herren deres Gud.
B1930: I skal ikke gjøre eder avguder og ikke reise op utskårne billeder eller støtter og ikke sette stener med billeder i eders land for å tilbede ved dem; for jeg er Herren eders Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 27:15
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Numbers 33:52
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
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Exodus 23:24
You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
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Exodus 20:4–5
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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1 Corinthians 10:19–20
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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Revelation 13:14–15
Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
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Deuteronomy 16:21–22
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
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