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A Total Ban on Visual Worship
Commentators explain that this prohibition is comprehensive. It forbids not only statues of false gods but also any physical representation of God Himself, simple stone pillars, or even special 'figured stones' used for prostration. The principle is that God is not to be worshipped through any man-made physical object.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 26:1
18th Century
Theologian
Idols - literally, “things of nothing.” Hebrew אלילים 'ĕlı̂ylı̂m. There appears to have been a play on the similarity in s…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 26:1
19th Century
Bishop
Ye shall make you no idols. —The first two verses of this chapter are still a part of the previous section in the Hebrew …
John Gill
On Leviticus 26:1
17th Century
Pastor
You shall have no idols, or graven image
Some of the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, think this law against idolatry …
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 26:1–13
17th Century
Minister
This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward for obedience, on the one hand; and threats of pu…