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Leviticus 26:1

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. standing: or, pillar image of: or, figured stone: Heb. a stone of picture

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“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up an engraved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God.

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.

You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.

26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

What does Leviticus 26:1 mean?

Leviticus 26:1 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), אֱלִיל (ʼĕlîyl), פֶּסֶל (peçel).

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Ye
shall
makeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
you
no
idolsאֱלִילʼĕlîyl/el-eel'/H457good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
nor
graven
image,פֶּסֶלpeçel/peh'-sel/H6459an idol
neither
rear
you
upקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
a
standing
image,מַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh/mats-tsay-baw'/H4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
neither
shall
ye
set
upנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
any
imageמַשְׂכִּיתmaskîyth/mas-keeth'/H4906a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
of
stoneאֶבֶןʼeben/eh'-ben/H68a stone
in
your
land,אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
to
bow
downשָׁחָהshâchâh/shaw-khaw'/H7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
unto
it:
for
I
am
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
your
God.אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
standing:
or,
pillar
image
of:
or,
figured
stone:
Heb.
a
stone
of
picture

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:1.

Genesis 13:17

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Genesis 28:18

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 28:22

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Genesis 35:14

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Habakkuk 2:18

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? maker of: Heb. fashioner of his fashion

Psalms 97:7

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

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What does Leviticus 26:1 say?

Leviticus 26:1 (King James Version) reads: "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. standing: or, pillar image of: or, figured stone: Heb. a stone of picture"

Is Leviticus 26:1 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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