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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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I. Emphatic. I myself....
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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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_shall be astonished_ Cp. Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8....
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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 BRING THE LAND INTO DESOLATION: AND YOUR ENEMIES WHICH
DWELL THEREIN SHALL BE ASTONISHED AT IT._
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 BRING THE LAND INTO DESOLATION. Better, _And I myself will
bring,_ &c. From the ruin of the cities and the sanctuaries the
desolation extends to the whole country. Whilst the devastations
h...
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וַ הֲשִׁמֹּתִ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֶת ־הָ אָ֑רֶץ
וְ
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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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THE LAW OF THE TITHE
Leviticus 26:30
"And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of
the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. And if
a man will redeem aug...
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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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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 I WILL BRING THE LAND INTO DESOLATION,.... The whole country of
Judea, cities, towns, villages, fields, vineyards, c. through the
ravage and plunder of the enemy and they being driven out of it, a...
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And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Ver. 32. _Which dwell therein._] After that you shall be driven out of
it....
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_Your enemies which dwell therein_ Having driven you out, and
possessed your places; _shall be astonished at it_ A strong
expression, to denote the dreadfulness of their calamity, at which
their very...
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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 the land in to desolation; and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it, even they would be surprised
at the distinct marks of God's punitive justice, as they were i...
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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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Having driven you out and possessed your places. See LAMENTATIONS 5:2....
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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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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 26:27 IF IN SPITE OF THIS YOU WILL NOT
LISTEN. The retribution for continued rebellion includes a horrific
lapse into cannibalism and the destruction of the religious cente...
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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 Kings 9:8; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:2; Deuteronomy 28:37; Deuterono
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Who dwell therein — Having driven you out and possessed your places....