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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 results of neglect of the third warning: the extremities of famine
and captivity; siege; desolation of the country, destruction of the
cities, uselessness of all religious observances; dispersion...
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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 THEY SHALL FALL ONE UPON ANOTHER, AS IT WERE BEFORE A SWORD, WHEN
NONE PURSUETH: AND YE SHALL HAVE NO POWER TO STAND BEFORE YOUR
ENEMIES._
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_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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AND UPON THEM THAT ARE LEFT ALIVE OF YOU. — Better, _And as to those
that remain of you,_ as the Authorised Version generally renders this
expression. This obviates the insertion of the expression “al...
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וְ כָשְׁל֧וּ אִישׁ ־בְּ אָחִ֛יו כְּ מִ
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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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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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_Brethren, in their flight; while each one is endeavouring to save
himself. The Rabbins say they shall be punished for the sins of their
brethren, if they have not endeavoured to prevent them._...
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Reader! still keep your mind in contemplation on the process of divine
judgments. From temporal punishments the LORD proceeds to spiritual.
And when it comes to this, that the sanctuary is desolate, a...
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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 THEY SHALL FALL ONE UPON ANOTHER,.... In their hurry and
confusion, everyone making all the haste he can to escape the
imaginary danger; or "a man upon his brother" z; his friend, as Aben
Ezra int...
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And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your
enemies.
Ver. 37. _And they shallfall._] Through feebleness or pre...
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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 they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your
enemies....
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THE EFFECTS OF THESE VISITATIONS AND THE RESTORATION OF THE COVENANT...
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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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THEY SHALL FALL ONE UPON ANOTHER, as soldiers use to do when their
ranks are broken, and they forced to flee away hastily from their
pursuers. WHEN NON PURSUETH; your guilt and fear causing you to
ima...
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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 26:37 stumble H3782 (H8804) one H376 another H251 before
H6440 sword H2719 pursues H7291 (H8802) stand
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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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_Then I will walk contrary unto you._
GOD’S DETERMINATION TO PUNISH SINNERS
I. As affecting supposition stated. “If ye will not,” &c. The Lord
here supposes that His people may commit three grievous...
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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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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 26:34 When the people are punished by
being pushed out of the land, the LAND will benefit by having REST
(compare...
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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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When none pursueth — Your guilt and fear causing you to imagine that
they do pursue when indeed they do not....