2 Chronicles 33:17

33:17 The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

2 Chronicles 33:22

33:22 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them.

Leviticus 26:30

26:30 I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.

Leviticus 26:2

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 23:4

The Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread

23:4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

Leviticus 23:14

23:14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.


tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

tn Or “served.”

sn Regarding these cultic installations, see the remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 188, and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:903. The term rendered “incense altars” might better be rendered “sanctuaries [of foreign deities]” or “stelae.”

tn The translation reflects the Hebrew wordplay “your corpses…the corpses of your idols.” Since idols, being lifeless, do not really have “corpses,” the translation uses “dead bodies” for people and “lifeless bodies” for the idols.

tn Heb “and my soul will abhor you.”

tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”

tn Heb “until the bone of this day.”

tn Heb “for your generations.”