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As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22 concludes with promises
and warnings Exodus 23:20, so does this collection of laws contained
in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the...
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5. THE BLESSING, THE CURSE AND ISRAEL'S HISTORY
CHAPTER 26
_ 1. Obedience and the blessings (Leviticus 26:1)_
2. Disobedience and the curse (Leviticus 26:14)
3. The restoration (Leviti
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The punishments of disobedience: plague and defeat, to be followed,
after neglect of this warning, by infertility and wild animals and, if
repentance is still withheld, by the threefold penalty of swo...
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_The penalties that shall ensue, if Israel prove disobedient_(Cp.
Deuteronomy 28:15 ff.)
They are arranged in five groups, viz. (_a_) Leviticus 26:16-18,
(_b_) Leviticus 26:19-20,
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3. THE CHASTISEMENTS FOR DISOBEDIENCE 26:14-39
TEXT 26:14-39
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But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
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and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul...
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_BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME, AND WILL NOT DO ALL THESE
COMMANDMENTS;_
But if ye will not ... In proportion to the great and manifold
privileges bestowed upon the Israelites would be the exten...
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CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS
Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of
laws, as in Exodus 23:20,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in
Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and phraseo...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME. — The glowing promises of
blessings for obedience are now followed by a catalogue of calamities
of the most appalling nature, which will overtake the Israelites if...
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וְ אִם ־לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וְ לֹ֣א
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THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT
Leviticus 26:1
ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in
the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close to the
wh...
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"THE VENGEANCE OF THE COVENANT"
Leviticus 26:14
"But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these
commandments; and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul
abhor My judgments, s...
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RESULTS OF OBEDIENCE AND DISOBEDIENCE
Leviticus 26:1
There is a vast contrast between the ideal life of the first thirteen
verses of this chapter and the remainder; just the distinction which
God eve...
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In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn
warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There
must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
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Here the subject changeth, and an awful but comes in. I would request
the Reader to remark with me the progress of sin. First it begins in
refusing to hearken to GOD. Malachi 2:2
Secondly, after refus...
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We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering
of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in
His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
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14._But if ye will not hearken unto me_. Thus far a kind invitation
has been set before the people in the shape of promises, in order that
the observance of the Law might be rendered pleasant and agre...
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Chapter 26. We have a touching picture of the ways of God in patience
and in chastisement, if Israel walked contrary to Him. When they
acknowledged their fault, then He would remember the covenant mad...
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BUT IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME,.... To his commandments, as the
rule of their duty, and to his promises, as an encouragement to it, or
to his prophets and ministers, explaining and enforcing his l...
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_But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;_
Ver. 14. _But if ye will not hearken._] Here we may observe twice so
many threatenings as promises; which serves to set f...
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_If ye will not hearken_, &c. If, notwithstanding these great
promises, which were designed to work upon their gratitude and
obedience, they should generally become transgressors of his laws, God
thre...
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1 Of Idolatry.
2 Religiousnes.
3 A blessing to them that keepe the Commandements.
14 A curse to those that breake them.
40 God promiseth to remember them that repent.
1 YEE shall make you [NOTE: E...
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But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these
commandments,...
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THE CURSE UPON THE DISOBEDIENT...
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This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the
book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of
having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divid...
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14-39 After God has set the blessing before them which would make
them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse
before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they...
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This chapter requires little in the way of note or exposition. It
contains a most solemn and affecting record of the blessings of
obedience. on the one hand, and the terrible consequences of
disobedie...
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Leviticus 26:14 obey H8085 (H8799) observe H6213 (H8799) commandments
H4687
Leviticus 26:18;...
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THE CURSINGS (LEVITICUS 26:14).
In the ancient second millennium covenants the cursings were regularly
more than the blessings, and so it is here. The devastating
consequence of disobedience and unfai...
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CONTENTS: Conditions of blessing and warnings of chastisement.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: All adverse circumstances that come upon a people are
God's servants, used often as a scourge where...
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Leviticus 26:1. _Neither set up any image of stone,_ any large sightly
stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as
at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Drew,...
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_But if ye will not hearken._
NATIONAL TRANSGRESSION AND DISASTER
I. A nation’s progressive apostasy.
1. Passive indifference to Divine teachings and appeals: “Not
hearken.”
2. Non-compliance with...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 26:1 Blessings and Curses. Covenant
documents include a list of consequences. Verses Leviticus 26:1
display the blessings if Israel obe
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Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 26:1.—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to
enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religious
advant...
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PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION.
EXPOSITION
THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of
idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's
sanctuary; that is, they...
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Chapter twenty-six again God establishes the fact that they are to
worship Him.
They are not to have idols, or graven images, or standing images, set
up any image in the land to bow down to it: for I...
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Acts 3:23; Deuteronomy 28:15; Hebrews 12:25; Jeremiah 17:27;...