“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.”
Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God. The covenant's foundational prohibition opens the blessings-and-curses chapter: no idols, no images, no sacred stones, no carved-stone worship. The Holiness Code that began with the call to be holy (Leviticus 19:2) concludes with the covenant sanctions — blessings and curses — that enforce the holiness requirements. I am the Lord your God grounds the prohibition in the covenant identity before any blessing or curse is announced.
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