Leviticus 26:1

CHAPTER XXVI

Idolatry forbidden, 1.

The Saobath to be sanctified, 2, 3.

Promises to obedience, of fruitful fields, plentiful harvests,

and vintage, 4, 5.

Of peace and security, 6.

Discomfiture of their enemies, 7-9.

Of abundance, 10.

Of the Divine presence, 11-13.

Threatenings against the disobedient, 14, 15.

Of terror and dismay, 16.

Their enemies shall prevail against them, 17, 18.

Of barrenness, 19, 20.

Of desolation by wild beasts, 21, 22.

And if not humbled and reformed, worse evils shall be inflicted

upon them, 23, 24.

Their enemies shall prevail, and they shall be wasted by the

pestilence, 25, 26.

If they should still continue refractory they shall be yet more

sorely punished, 27, 28.

The famine shall so increase that they shall be obliged to eat

their own children, 29.

Their carcasses shall be cast upon the carcasses of their idols,

30.

Their cities shall be wasted, and the sanctuary desolated, 31;

the land destroyed, 32,

themselves scattered among their enemies, and pursued with utter

confusion and distress, 33-39.

If under these judgments they confess their sin and return to

God, he will remember them in mercy, 40-43;

Visit them even in the land of their enemies, 44;

and remember his covenant with their fathers, 45.

The conclusion, stating these to be the judgments and laws which

the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in

Mount Sinai, 46.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXVI

Verse Leviticus 26:1. Ye shall make you no idols] Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:4, and Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:18; "Genesis 28:19", concerning consecrated stones. Not only idolatry in general is forbidden here, but also the superstitious use of innocent and lawful things. Probably the stones or pillars which were first set up, and anointed by holy men in commemoration of signal interpositions of God in their behalf, were afterward abused to idolatrous and superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited. This we know was the case with the brazen serpent, 2 Kings 18:4.