Leviticus 26:1

Idols -literally, “things of nought.” Hebrewאלילים'ĕlı̂ylı̂m. There appears to have been a play on the similarity in sound of this word toאלהים'ĕlohı̂ym(God). Compare1 Corinthians 8:4. Standing image -Either an upright statue, or a pillar, such as an obelisk or a Celtic menhir, set up for an idolatrous purpose (compareExodus 34:13note). The public worship of Yahweh required, first, the exclusion of all visible symbols of deity as well as of all idolatrous objects, and nextLeviticus 26:2, the keeping holy the times and the place appointed by the Law for His formal service. The word “sabbaths” must here include the whole of the set times.