Leviticus 19:4

Leviticus 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God.

Context of Leviticus 19:4

2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. 3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God. 5When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance. 6It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.

Leviticus 19:4 word by word

אַל־תִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ מַסֵּכָ֔ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• idolsאֱלִיל'ĕlîyl · idolH457
• or makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• moltenמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• moltenלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• am the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:4

• Leviticus 26:1“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.
• Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
• 1 Corinthians 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
• 1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
• Exodus 20:23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.
• Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
• Exodus 34:17You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
• 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!’
• Haggai 2:18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is Nothing in the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:4

• Idolatry
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings