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Leviticus 26:30

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

I will destroy your hilltop worship sites and tear down your idols, and I will pile your dead bodies on top of your broken idols. I will be completely disgusted with you.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is warning that if His people abandon Him for idol worship, He will destroy both their false gods and them, showing His complete rejection of their unfaithfulness.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of God's covenant warnings to Israel in the wilderness before they entered the Promised Land. The 'high places' were elevated outdoor shrines where Canaanite peoples worshiped false gods, often involving immoral practices. God was warning Israel not to adopt these pagan worship practices when they settled in Canaan.

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The king also destroyed the worship sites that were east of Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives (which had become known as the Mount of Corruption). These were the places that King Solomon had built long ago for worshiping foreign gods: Ashtoreth (the disgusting god of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the disgusting god of the Moabites), and Milcom (the disgusting god of the Ammonites). The king made all these places unfit for worship.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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