Leviticus 19:4
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Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.

not unto

Leviticus 26:1 I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 20:3-5 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols.

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

molten gods

Exodus 20:23 You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

Exodus 32:4 And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 34:17 Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.

Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

Haggai 2:18 Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

Context
Idolatry Forbidden
3Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. 4Turn ye not to idols: nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.5If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, that he may be favourable:…
Cross References
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 20:23
You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

Exodus 34:17
Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.

Leviticus 19:5
If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, that he may be favourable:

Leviticus 26:1
I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:15
Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

1 Chronicles 16:26
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalm 96:5
For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalm 115:4
The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

turn
תִּפְנוּ֙ (tip̄·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

idols
הָ֣אֱלִילִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lî·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 457: Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol

or make
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

for yourselves
לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

molten
מַסֵּכָ֔ה (mas·sê·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet

gods.
וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ (wê·lō·hê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

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

Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

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

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

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

"'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

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