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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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AND I. I also.
GATHERED TOGETHER. withdrawn or escaped to (compare Jeremiah 21:6;
Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 7:15)....
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_execute the vengeance of the covenant_ exact retribution from you for
disregarding My covenant with you.
_ye shall be gathered together within your cities_ for shelter. Cp.
Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 35...
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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 IF YE WILL NOT BE REFORMED BY ME BY THESE THINGS, BUT WILL WALK
CONTRARY UNTO ME;_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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26:25 together (b-22) Or 'withdrawn.'...
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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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Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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THAT SHALL AVENGE THE QUARREL OF MY COVENANT. — Better, _that shall
avenge my covenant,_ that is, the sword, which shall avenge the breach
of the Divine covenant; a war, which will devastate them beca...
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וְ הֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב
נֹקֶ֨מֶת֙ נְקַם...
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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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DESOLATION AND CAPTIVITY FOR THE STUBBORN
Leviticus 26:21
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel
in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus,
th...
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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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These punishments were literally accomplished in the days of Israel's
captivity. Isaiah 3:1; Jeremiah 39:1....
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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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25._And I will bring a sword upon you_. There is no doubt but that He
means the hostile swords of all the nations, whereby the Israelites
were sorely afflicted; and teaches that whosoever should bring...
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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 BRING A SWORD UPON YOU,.... War upon them by the sword of
their enemies; they that use and kill with the sword, as the Targums
of Onkelos and Jonathan; their neighbours that delighted in wa...
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And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
[my] covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I
will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered...
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_To avenge the quarrel of my covenant_ That is, my quarrel with you
for your breach of your covenant made with me. _When you are gathered_
Hebrews _And ye shall be gathered into your cities_, &c.; tha...
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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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And I will bring a sword upon you, permit the scourge of war to sweep
their country, THAT SHALL AVENGE THE QUARREL OF MY COVENANT; AND WHEN
YE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER WITHIN YOUR CITIES, where the great...
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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 26:25 bring H935 (H8689) sword H2719 execute H5358 (H8802)
vengeance H5359 covenant H1285 together H622
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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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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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2 Samuel 24:15; Amos 4:10; Deuteronomy 28:21; Deuteronomy 32:25;...
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The quarrel of my covenant — That is, my quarrel with you for your
breach of your covenant made with me....