Leviticus 19:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Leviticus 19:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Holiness, Piety, Idolatry, Peace-offerings. Note the mention of the mother first. On the Sabbath, see pp. 101f., Exodus 20:8 *. Idols, lit. things of nought; only here and in Leviticus 26:1 in...
Leviticus 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

idols . Hebrew. 'elilim . See Leviticus 26:1 .
Leviticus 19:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1 Corinthians 8:...
Leviticus 19:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Turn ye not unto idols— The word rendered idols אלילים elilim, coming from אליל elil, vain, foolish, false, signifies vain, foolish, or false things: a name given in just contempt by believ...
Leviticus 19:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. Turn ye not unto idols, х haa'ªliyliym ( H457 )] - vain, empty nothings; either from х 'al ( H408 )...
Leviticus 19:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Laws, mainly of a Moral and Humane Character This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the prece...
Leviticus 19:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Turn ye not unto idols. — As the Lord is their God, and there is no other God besides Him, the Israelites must never turn their affections nor address prayers or enquiries to idols. This part of th...
Leviticus 19:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1-37 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor...
Leviticus 19:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first...
Leviticus 19:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are all so many repetitions of the laws, on the same points, which had been given before. Leviticus 7:16-18 .
Leviticus 19:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Turn ye not unto idols ,.... From the one only true and living God to them that are not gods, as the word used signifies, who are nothing; for, as the apostle says, an idol is nothing in the world,...
Leviticus 19:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 4. Turn ye not unto idols. ] Heb., Elilim; deunculi, deastri; Petty gods, dunghill deities; of all whi...
Leviticus 19:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Turn ye not unto idols Hebrew, אלילם, Elilim, No gods , or nothings , as the word signifies, and as idols are called, ( 1 Corinthians 8:4 ,) many of them having no being but in the fancy of their...
Leviticus 19:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (vv. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times...
Leviticus 19:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ceremonial and Moral Laws. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sp...
Leviticus 19:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Turn not your hearts and faces from me, whom alone you pretend to respect, unto them. He intimates, that their turning to idols is a turning from God, and that they could not serve both God and idols...
Leviticus 19:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Various Holiness Requirements ( Leviticus 19:3-37 ). Rightness Of Attitude Towards God and Generosity Towards One's Neighbours ( Leviticus 19:3-10 ). Leviticus 19:3 “You (p) shall fear every...
Leviticus 19:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2 .—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus doe...
Leviticus 19:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
Leviticus 19:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Turn ye not unto idols. Folly of idolatry A Chinese wife was one day seen by a missionary to enter a temple. In her hands were some humble offerings, such as a twig, or rice, for propitiating t...
Leviticus 19:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds...
Leviticus 19:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Chiefly of the First Table
Leviticus 19:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:14 ; 1 John 5:21 ; Deuteronomy 27:15 ; Exodus 20:23 ; Exodus 20:3-5 ; Exodus 32:4 ; Exodus 34:17 ; Haggai 2:18 ; Leviticus 26:1
Leviticus 19:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Idols — The word signifies such as are no Gods, or nothings, as they are called, 1 Corinthians 8:4 , many idols having no being, but in the fancy of their worshippers, and all of them having no vi...

Leviticus 19:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 19:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 19:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 19:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 19:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 19:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 19:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 19:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 19:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 19:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 19:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 19:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 19:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 19:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes