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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 (Leviticus 26:40)
T...
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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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HIGH PLACES: used for idolatrous worship (Numbers 22:41; Numbers
33:52.Deuteronomy 12:2.Joshua 13:17 (margin). Thus showing the
helplessness of the gods worshipped.
IMAGES. Hebrew. _hammanim,_ sun-id...
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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, (_c_) Leviticus 26:...
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I WILL DESTROY YOUR HIGH PLACES, AND CUT _DOWN YOUR IMAGES_— Or, _I
will destroy your pillars,_ (_altars_,) _and cut down your solar
statues._ Some have translated the word _images, by temples dedicat...
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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 DESTROY YOUR HIGH PLACES, AND CUT DOWN YOUR IMAGES, AND
CAST YOUR CARCASES UPON THE CARCASES OF YOUR IDOLS, AND MY SOUL SHALL
ABHOR YOU._
I will destroy your high places, х_ WªHISHMADTIY_...
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26:30 idols; (c-23) See Ezekiel 6:4 ....
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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 phrase...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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AND I WILL DESTROY YOUR HIGH PLACES. — Though these eminences were
also used for the worship of Jehovah (Judges 6:25; Judges 13:16; 1
Samuel 7:10; 1 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 21:26, &c.),...
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וְ הִשְׁמַדְתִּ֞י אֶת ־בָּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם
וְ הִכְרַתִּי֙ אֶת ־חַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔ם וְ
נָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת ־פִּגְרֵיכֶ֔ם עַל
־פִּגְרֵ֖י
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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
w...
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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,
t...
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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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_Places. The temple of Solomon was built on Mount Moria or Sion. The
Persians sacrificed upon the mountains, and the Romans and Athenians
built their most magnificent temples on the highest parts of t...
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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 DESTROY YOUR HIGH PLACES,.... Which Jarchi interprets of
towers and palaces; but Aben Ezra of the place of sacrifices; for on
high places, hills and mountains, they used to build altars, an...
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_And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall
abhor you._
Ver. 30. _Upon the carcasses._] Or, Stumps and sh...
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_Your high places_ In which you will sacrifice after the manner of the
heathen. And _cut down your images_ חמניכם, _chamanechem;_ some
would translate this, _your temples of the sun;_ from חמה,
_chamm...
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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:...
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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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YOUR HIGH PLACES, in which you will sacrifice after the manner of the
heathens. See LEVITICUS 19:26 NUMBERS 33:52. YOUR IMAGES; or, _your
images of the sun_, made for the honour and worshipping of the...
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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 26:30 destroy H8045 (H8689) places H1116 down H3772 (H8689)
altars H2553 cast H5414 (H8804) carcasses H6297 forms H6297 idols
H1544 soul H5315 abhor H1602 (H8804)
I will destroy - 1 Kings 1...
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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 unfa...
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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 obeys the covenant; vv. Leviticus
26:14...
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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, the...
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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 13:2; 2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles
31:1; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Kings 23:16; 2 Kings 23:20; 2 Kings 23:8;
Ezekiel 6:13;...
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High places — In which you will sacrifice after the manner of the
Heathens. The carcases of your idols — So he calls them, either to
signify that their idols how specious soever or glorious in their
e...
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Did God abhor Israel?
PROBLEM: Time and time again God reminded Israel that they were the
“apple of His eye” (Zechariah 2:8), the object of His special
blessing (Genesis 12:1-3). Yet here God says, “...