Imamat 19:4

19:4 Do not turn to idols, ¹  and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

Imamat 26:3

The Benefits of Obedience

26:3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, ² 

Imamat 26:23

26:23 “‘If in spite of these things ³  you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me, ⁴ 

[19:4]  ¹ sn Regarding the difficult etymology and meaning of the term for “idols” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 126; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 304; N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NBC), 89; and Judith M. Hadley, NIDOTTE 1:411. It appears to be a diminutive play on words with אֵל (’el, “god; God”) and, perhaps at the same time, recalls a common Semitic word for “worthless; weak; powerless; nothingness.” Snaith suggests a rendering of “worthless godlings.”

[26:3]  ² tn Heb “and my commandments you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8; 25:18, etc.).

[26:23]  ³ tn Heb “And if in these.”

[26:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in vv. 24 and 27.