Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
OF IDOLATRY. (Leviticus 26:1-2)
Ye shall make you no idols--Idolatry had been previously forbidden (Exodus 20:4-5), but the law was repeated here with reference to some particular forms of it that were very prevalent among the neighboring nations.
a standing image--that is, "upright pillar."
image of stone--that is, an obelisk, inscribed with hieroglyphical and superstitious characters; the former denoting the common and smaller pillars of the Syrians or Canaanites; the latter, pointing to the large and elaborate obelisks which the Egyptians worshipped as guardian divinities, or used as stones of adoration to stimulate religious worship. The Israelites were enjoined to beware of them.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Leviticus 26:1
Numbers 33:50-53
1 Samuel 7:12
Matthew 5:18
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