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Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 26:1

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Leviticus26:1

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.

Or, pillar, to wit, to worship it, or bow down to it, as it follows. Otherwise this was not simply prohibited being practised by holy men both before and after this Law. Compare Exod. 23. 24. Deut. 16. 22. So Exod. 20. 4. They are forbidden to make images, not simply or for any use, but for worship.

Marginal references: Exod. 20. 4. Deut. 5. 8. and 16. 12. and 27. 15. Psal. 77. 7.; Or, pillar.; Or fig[illegible: 1+ letters] stone.; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] of picture.

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