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Text -- Leviticus 26:1-27 (NET)
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Exhortation to Obedience
26:1 “‘You must not make for yourselves idols , so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar , and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God .
26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary . I am the Lord .
The Benefits of Obedience
26:3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments ,
26:4 I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit .
26:5 Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes , and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied , and you will live securely in your land .
26:6 I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land , and no sword of war will pass through your land .
26:7 You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword .
26:8 Five of you will pursue a hundred , and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand , and your enemies will fall before you by the sword .
26:9 I will turn to you, make you fruitful , multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you.
26:10 You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new .
26:11 “‘I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you .
26:12 I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people .
26:13 I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt , from being their slaves , and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright .
The Consequences of Disobedience
26:14 “‘If , however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments –
26:15 if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant –
26:16 I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever , which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life . You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
26:17 I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies , those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.
26:18 “‘If , in spite of all these things , you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins .
26:19 I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze .
26:20 Your strength will be used up in vain , your land will not give its yield , and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit .
26:21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins .
26:22 I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children , annihilate your cattle , and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted .
26:23 “‘If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,
26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins .
26:25 I will bring on you an avenging sword , a covenant vengeance . Although you will gather together into your cities , I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands .
26:26 When I break off your supply of bread , ten women will bake your bread in one oven ; they will ration your bread by weight , and you will eat and not be satisfied .
26:27 “‘If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Fever |
Covenant |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Blessing |
Reward |
ALPHA AND OMEGA |
Contingencies |
Heathen |
Judgments |
Jerusalem |
Punishment |
Disobedience to God |
Sin |
Backsliders |
CRIME; CRIMES |
Wicked |
Obedience |
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NET Notes -> Lev 26:1; Lev 26:1; Lev 26:2; Lev 26:3; Lev 26:4; Lev 26:4; Lev 26:5; Lev 26:5; Lev 26:5; Lev 26:6; Lev 26:6; Lev 26:6; Lev 26:6; Lev 26:7; Lev 26:9; Lev 26:10; Lev 26:10; Lev 26:11; Lev 26:11; Lev 26:13; Lev 26:13; Lev 26:14; Lev 26:14; Lev 26:15; Lev 26:16; Lev 26:16; Lev 26:16; Lev 26:16; Lev 26:18; Lev 26:18; Lev 26:20; Lev 26:21; Lev 26:21; Lev 26:22; Lev 26:22; Lev 26:22; Lev 26:23; Lev 26:23; Lev 26:24; Lev 26:25; Lev 26:25; Lev 26:25; Lev 26:26; Lev 26:26; Lev 26:27; Lev 26:27
NET Notes: Lev 26:1 Heb “on.” The “sculpted stone” appears to be some sort of stone with images carved into (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], ...
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NET Notes: Lev 26:3 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...
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NET Notes: Lev 26:4 Heb “the tree of the field will give its fruit.” As a collective singular this has been translated as plural.
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NET Notes: Lev 26:6 Heb “no sword”; the words “of war” are supplied in the translation to indicate what the metaphor of the sword represents.
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NET Notes: Lev 26:9 Heb “cause to arise,” but probably used here for the Lord’s intention of confirming or maintaining the covenant commitment made at S...
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NET Notes: Lev 26:13 In other words, to walk as free people and not as slaves. Cf. NIV “with (+ your CEV, NLT) heads held high”; NCV “proudly.”
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NET Notes: Lev 26:20 Heb “the tree of the land will not give its fruit.” The collective singular has been translated as a plural. Tg. Onq., some medieval Hebre...
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NET Notes: Lev 26:21 Heb “your blow, stroke”; cf. TEV “punishment”; NLT “I will inflict you with seven more disasters.”
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NET Notes: Lev 26:23 Heb “with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in vv. 24 and 27.
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NET Notes: Lev 26:25 Heb “in hand of enemy,” but Tg. Ps.-J. and Tg. Neof. have “in the hands of your enemies” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 454)...
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