Do not turn to (A)idols or make for yourselves cast metal (B)gods; I am the Lord your God.

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Blessings of Obedience

26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves (A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (B)a carved image or (C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down [a]to it; for I am the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:1 Lit over

15 “So (A)be very careful [a]yourselves, since you did not see any (B)form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do not (C)act corruptly and (D)make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female, 17 a representation of any animal that is on the earth, a representation of (E)any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 a representation of anything that crawls on the ground, or a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth. 19 And be careful not to raise your eyes to heaven and look at the sun, the moon, and the stars, (F)all the heavenly [b]lights, (G)and allow yourself to be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:15 Or for your own lives
  2. Deuteronomy 4:19 Lit host

15 ‘Cursed is the person who makes (A)a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And (B)all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’

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