Leviticus 19:4 “Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD…”

Leviticus 19:4

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

World English Bible

“‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

American Standard Version

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Darby Translation

Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I [am] Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English

Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

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Cross references

“not unto”

Leviticus 26:1 Exodus 20:3–5 1 Corinthians 10:14 1 John 5:21

Leviticus 26:1 · BSB

“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 20:3–5 · BSB

You shall have no other gods before Me.

1 Corinthians 10:14 · BSB

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 John 5:21 · BSB

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

“molten gods”

Exodus 20:23 Exodus 34:17 Deuteronomy 27:15 Exodus 32:4 Haggai 2:18

Exodus 20:23 · BSB

You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

Exodus 34:17 · BSB

You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.

Deuteronomy 27:15 · BSB

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Exodus 32:4 · BSB

He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

Haggai 2:18 · BSB

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

Also

Psalm 115:4–7 Psalm 96:5

Psalm 115:4–7 · BSB

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Psalm 96:5 · BSB

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

5When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

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