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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:29

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons ,.... Which was fulfilled at the siege of Samaria, in the times of Joram, 2 Kings 6:29 ; and at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, Lamentations 4:10 ; and though there is no instance of it at that time in the sacred records, the Jews F16 Torat Cohanim in Yalkut, par. 1. fol. 197. 1. tells us of one Doeg ben Joseph, who died and left a little one with his mother, who was very fond of him; but at this siege slew him with her own hands,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:30

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, and there offer sacrifices, in imitation of the Heathens; See Gill on Ezekiel 6:13 , and cut down your images ; called Chammanim, either from Ham, the son of Noah, the first introducer of idolatrous worship after the flood, as some have thought; or from Jupiter Ammon, worshipped in Egypt,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:1

Ye shall make you no idols - See note on Exodus 20:4 , and see the note on Genesis 28:18-19 ; (note), 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 interposition of God in their behalf, were afterward abused to idolatrous and superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited. This we know... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:3

If ye walk in my statutes - For the meaning of this and similar words used in the law, See the note on Leviticus 26:15 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:4

Rain in due season - What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the latter in autumn - Calmet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:5

Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage - According to Pliny, Hist. Nat., l. xviii., c. 18, the Egyptians reaped their barley six months, and their oats seven months, after seed time; for they sowed all their grain about the end of summer, when the overflowings of the Nile had ceased. It was nearly the same in Judaea: they sowed their corn and barley towards the end of autumn, and about the month of October; and they began their barley-harvest after the passover, about the middle of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:11

I will set my tabernacle among you - This and the following verse contain the grand promise of the Gospel dispensation, viz. the presence, manifestation, and indwelling of God in human nature, and his constant in dwelling in the souls of his followers. So John 1:14 ; the Word was made flesh, και εσκηνωσεν εν ἡμιν , and Made His Tabernacle among us. And to this promise of the law St. Paul evidently refers, 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 ; and 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:15

If ye shall despise my statutes - abhor my judgments - As these words, and others of a similar import, which point out different properties of the revelation of God, are frequently occurring, I Judge it best to take a general view of them, once for all, in this place, and show how they differ among themselves, and what property of the Divine law each points out. Statutes. חקת chukkoth , from חק chak , to mark out, define, etc. This term seems to signify the things which God has... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:16

I will even appoint over you terror, etc. - How dreadful is this curse! A whole train of evils are here personified and appointed to be the governors of a disobedient people. Terror is to be one of their keepers. How awful a state! to be continually under the influence of dismay, feeling indescribable evils, and fearing worse! Consumption, שחפת shachepheth , generally allowed to be some kind of atrophy or marasmus, by which the flesh was consumed, and the whole body dried up by raging... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:22

I will also send wild beasts among you - God fulfilled these threatenings at different times. He sent fiery Serpents among them, Numbers 21:6 ; Lions, 2 Kings 17:25 ; Bears, 2 Kings 2:24 , and threatened them with total desolation, so that their land should be overrun with wild beasts, etc., see Ezekiel 5:17 . "Spiritually," says Mr. Ainsworth, "these are wicked rulers and tyrants that kill and spoil, Proverbs 28:15 ; Daniel 7:3-6 ; Psalm 80:13 ; and false prophets that devour... read more

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