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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:9

For I will have respect unto you ,.... Look at them with delight and pleasure, and with a careful eye on them, watch over them to do them good, and protect them from all evil; or turn himself to them from all others, having a particular regard for them and special care of them: and make you fruitful and multiply you ; increase their number, as he did in Egypt, even amidst all their afflictions; and much more might they expect this blessing in the land of Canaan, when settled there, which... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:10

And ye shall eat old store ,.... What is very old, corn of three years old, as Jarchi and Kimchi F13 Sepher Shorash. rad. ישן . interpret it; such plenty should they have that it would be so long consuming: and bring forth the old because of the new ; out of their barns and granaries, to make room for the new, which they should have great quantities of, and scarce know where to bestow them; and therefore should empty their treasures and garners of the old, and fill them with new;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:11

And I will set my tabernacle amongst you ,.... Which God had directed them to make, and they had made, and also erected; but here he promises to fix and establish it among them, that so it might continue as a place for the public worship of him, and where he would take up his residence, and grant them his presence; so the Targum of Jonathan,"I will put the Shechinah of my glory among you:" and my soul shall not abhor you ; though in themselves, and because of their sins, loathsome and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:12

And I will walk among you ,.... As they journeyed from place to place, he walked among them, in the tabernacle built for him, see 2 Samuel 7:6 ; it may be expressive of the familiarity and communion which the Lord grants to his people, in and through Christ: and will be your God ; to provide for them, and supply them with all the blessings of his goodness, both in providence and grace; and to protect and defend them against all their enemies, temporal and spiritual: and ye shall be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt ,.... Who, having done that, was able to fulfil the above promises; and which may be considered as an earnest and pledge of them, as well as be a motive to the Israelites, and an obligation upon them to obey the commandments of God, and walk in his statutes: that ye should not be their bondmen ; this was the end of their being brought out of Egypt, that they might be no longer in a state of bondage to the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:14

But if ye will not hearken unto me ,.... To his commandments, as the rule of their duty, and to his promises, as an encouragement to it, or to his prophets and ministers, explaining and enforcing his law, and exhorting to a cheerful obedience to it; so the Targum of Jonathan,"if ye will not hearken to the doctrine of them that teach my laws;'which was the sin of the Jews in later times, for which captivity and other calamities befell them, Jeremiah 7:25 , and will not do all these... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:15

And if ye shall despise my statutes ,.... Which is an aggravated sin; to be negligent hearers of the commands of God is bad, not to be doers of them worse, but to treat them with contempt is worse still: or if your soul abhor my judgments : which is worst of all, to despise them as if not wisely or righteously made is a dreadful reflection upon the Maker of them; but to abhor them as bad things, not fit to be regarded, but to be had in the utmost detestation, is shocking impiety: so... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:16

I also will do this unto you ,.... Henceforward follow threatenings of dreadful evils to the transgressors and despisers of the commandments of God, which thus begin: I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart ; some, as Aben Ezra observes, take these to design what may affect the seed sown and the increase of it, such as blasting and mildew, because it follows: "ye shall sow in vain"; but no doubt... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:17

And I will set my face against you ,.... Exert his power, and stir up his wrath and indignation against them, as enemies of his, to cut them off; see Psalm 34:16 ; which is the reverse of having respect to them, Leviticus 26:9 , and ye shall be slain before your enemies ; as they were sometimes by the Philistines and others: and they that hate you shall reign over you ; as did the Chaldeans and Babylonians; see Psalm 106:41 , and ye shall flee when none pursueth you ; of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:18

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me ,.... If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring them to obedience to the statutes and commandments of God, but should continue in their disobedience to him, and rebellion against him: then I will punish you seven times more for your sins ; that is, abundantly more, with sorer punishments, and these more frequently repeated. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:18

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