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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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FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.
REIGN. rule....
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_ye shall flee when none pursueth you_ Cp. Leviticus 26:36; Proverbs
28:1; also Psalms 53:5....
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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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_AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST YOU, AND YE SHALL BE SLAIN BEFORE YOUR
ENEMIES: THEY THAT HATE YOU SHALL REIGN OVER YOU; AND YE SHALL FLEE
WHEN NONE PURSUETH YOU._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST YOU. — That is, make them feel his
anger. (See Note on Leviticus 17:10.)
BE SLAIN BEFORE YOUR ENEMIES. — Better, _be smitten before your
enemies,_ as this phrase is rend...
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וְ נָתַתִּ֤י פָנַי֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וְ
נִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם ל
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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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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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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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And I will set (g) my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall
flee when none pursueth you.
(g) Read (Leviticus 17:10)....
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If the FATHER'S rod will not do, GOD will try what the enemies' sword
will accomplish. David's prayer is instructive on this point. 2 Samuel
24:14....
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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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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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AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST YOU,.... Exert his power, and stir up
his wrath and indignation against them, as enemies of his, to cut them
off; see Psalms 34:16; which is the reverse of having respec...
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And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your
enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee
when none pursueth you.
Ver. 17. _They that hate you._] A hea...
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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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THE CURSE UPON THE DISOBEDIENT...
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And I will set My face against you, and ye shall be slain before your
enemies, with no chance of overcoming them; THEY THAT HATE YOU SHALL
REIGN OVER YOU; AND YE SHALL FLEE WHEN NONE PURSUETH YOU, whi...
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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 26:17 set H5414 (H8804) face H6440 defeated H5062 (H8738) by
H6440 enemies H341 (H8802) hate...
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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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1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 4:10; Deuteronomy 28:25; Jeremiah 19:7; J