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Leviticus 19:4
4“Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
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“Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. 3“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God. “Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God. 5“When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, offer it properly so you will be accepted by God. 6The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it or on the next day. Whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:4 word by word
אַל־תִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ מַסֵּכָ֔ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:4
- Leviticus 26:1“Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God.
- Exodus 20:3“You must not have any other god but me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:14So, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.
- 1 John 5:21Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
- Exodus 20:23Remember, you must not make any idols of silver or gold to rival me.
- Exodus 32:4Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 34:17You must not make any gods of molten metal for yourselves.
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the Lord.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
- Haggai 2:18“Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid. Think 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
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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
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