Leviticus 26:8-9. Five of you shall chase a hundred A proverbial expression, signifying that a small number of them should be an over-match for many of their enemies. I will establish my covenant Will actually perform all that I have promised in my covenant made with you. read more
Leviticus 26:11-13. I will set my tabernacle among you To crown all their blessings, God promises that his special presence, whereof the tabernacle was a symbol, should abide with them. I will walk among you As I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by my tabernacle, which have walked or gone along with you in all your journeys, and stayed among you in all your stations, to protect, conduct, instruct, and comfort you. And I will own you for that peculiar people... read more
Promises and warnings (26:1-46)God reminded the people to put into practice all they had been taught concerning him, his sabbaths and his sanctuary (26:1-2). Obedience would bring agricultural prosperity, social contentment, victory over enemies, and a comforting sense of God’s presence (3-13). Disobedience would bring widespread disease, defeat by enemies, drought and destruction, till they awoke to their sin and turned again to God (14-20).If the people failed to respond, God would increase... read more
have respect = turn unto you, as rendered in Ezekiel 46:9 ; the only other place where this form occurs. read more
tabernacle = habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40 . My soul = Myself, or I. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more
walk. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia, App-6 ; or, literally, as in Eden. See Genesis 3:8 . App-4 . Quoted 2 Corinthians 6:16 . read more
broken broken in pieces. Hebrew. shabar, as in verses: Leviticus 26:19 , Leviticus 26:26 ; not parar, as in verses: Leviticus 26:15 , Leviticus 26:24 . upright. The yoke makes the wearer stoop. The above structure shows God's fivefold threatening for disobedience. We have the fivefold execution in Isaiah 5:25 ; Isaiah 9:12 , Isaiah 9:17 , Isaiah 9:21 ; Isaiah 10:4 ; and His fivefold lamentation in Amos 4:6-12 . read more
Leviticus 26:10. Bring forth the old— Throw away the old. Houb. read more
Leviticus 26:13. I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright— Bondage is frequently compared in the Scriptures to the bearing a yoke, which, lying upon the neck, causes the bearer to stoop down, and hang the head; in which view, the allusion here is as plain as it is beautiful. REFLECTIONS.—God will not prove an unkind master to those who serve him: none follow him with fidelity whom he will not follow with blessings. We have, 1. A solemn repetition of those commands, on the... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 26:3-45
As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23:33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death... read more