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._ Ye shall make you no idols, х_ 'ªLIYLIM_ (H457)] - nothings (see the note at Leviticus 19:4). Idolatry had been previously forbidden (Exodus 20:4); but the law was repeated here with reference to some particular forms of it that were very prevalent among the neighbouring nations х_ UWPECEL_ (H6459), a carved image of an idol] (see the note at Exodus 20:4). A STANDING IMAGE, х_ UWMATSEEBAAH_ ...

1-13 This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward in case of obedience, on the one hand; and threatenings of punishment for disobedience, on the other. While Israel maintained a national regard to God's worship, sabbaths, and sanctuary, and did not turn aside to idolatry, the Lord engaged to continue to them temporal mercies and religious advantages. These great and precious promises, though they relate chiefly to the life which now is, were typical of the spiritual blessings made sure by the covenant of grace to all believers, through Christ. 1. Plenty and abundance of the fruits of the earth. Every good and perfect gift must be expected from above, from the Father of lights. 2. Peace under the Divine protection. Those dwell in safety, that dwell in God. 3. Victory and success in their wars. It is all one with the Lord to save by man...

CHAPTER XXVI _Idolatry forbidden_, 1. _The Saobath to be sanctified_, 2, 3. Promises _to obedience, of fruitful fields, plentiful harvests,_ _and vintage_, 4, 5. _Of peace and security_, 6. _Discomfiture of their enemies_, 7-9. _Of abundance_, 10. _Of the Divine presence_, 11-13. Threatenings _against the disobedient_, 14, 15. _Of terror and dismay_, 16. _Their enemies shall prevail against them_, 17, 18. _Of barrenness_, 19, 20....

IDOLS - literally, “things of nought.” Hebrew אלילים _'ĕlı̂ylı̂m_. There appears to have been a play on the similarity in sound of this word to אלהים _'ĕlohı̂ym_ (God). Compare 1 Corinthians 8:4. STANDING IMAGE - Either an upright statue, or a pillar, such as an obelisk or a Celtic menhir, set up for an idolatrous purpose (compare Exodus 34:13 note). The public worship of Yahweh required, first, the exclusion of all visible symbols of deity as well as of all idolatrous objects, and next Leviticus 26:2, the keeping holy the times and the place appointed by the Law for His f

PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION. EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary; that is, they repeat in summary the substance of the Israelites, religious duty, negative and positive, as comprised in the first table of the Decalogue. They form, therefore, a prologue to the remainder of the chapter, which solemnly announces: 1. The blessings. which should result from obedience (Leviticus 26:3). 2. The curses which should follow disobedience (Leviticus 26:14-3). 3. The gracious treatment which would ensue on repentance ...

YE SHALL HAVE NO IDOLS, OR GRAVEN IMAGE,.... Some of the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, think this law against idolatry is mentioned on account of the Israelite sold to a stranger, spoken of in the latter part of the preceding chapter, lest he should be drawn into idolatry; Leviticus 25:48; but this is rather mentioned as being a principal law, respecting the honour and glory of God, and the foundation of all religion and godliness, and the breach of it a capital crime, and which led on to other sins, and exposed to the displeasure and resentment of God, and brought on all the calamities after mentioned in this chapter. "Idols" here signify "things of nought", as an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4; and a "graven image", any likeness of man or beast cut out of wood, or

CHAPTER 26) Chapter 26 should be read in connection with Deut. 28, 29, the Palestinian Covenant....

5. THE BLESSING, THE CURSE AND ISRAEL'S HISTORY CHAPTER 26 _ 1. Obedience and the blessings (Leviticus 26:1)_ 2. Disobedience and the curse (Leviticus 26:14) 3. The restoration (Leviticus 26:40) This great chapter is very fitting for the close of this book. We have no types here, but direct utterances of Jehovah. Israel's history and their future restoration is here predicted. He reminds them that He brought them out of the land of Egypt; they are His people. Therefore He wants obedience. If this is yielded blessings would be the results. These promised blessings consisted in abundance of rain, great fruitfulness of their land, peace in the land, deliverance from wi

LEVITICUS 26:1 F. Idols forbidden (_cf. Leviticus 19:4_, Exodus 20:4 *). Images of both stone and metal are forbidden, as well as pillars (_masseboth_ pp. 98f.)....

YE refers to any Israelites sold to heathen masters, who hence were in danger of being tempted to idolatry, while in this servitude. IDOLS. non-entities. Heb, _'elilim_. clay or terra cotta "gods". Compare 1 Corinthians 8:4. Occurs only once more in Pentateuch, Leviticus 19:4. GRAVEN IMAGE. Hebrew. _pesel_, an idol of wood or stone. STANDING IMAGE. Hebrew. _Mazzebah,_. sacred pillar. In Genitive always "pillar". Compare Leviticus 26:30. IMAGE OF STONE. Hebrew. _maskith,_. sculptured or painted stone. Compare Leviticus 26:30. THE LORD.