📖 Leviticus — Chapter 26 (KJV)
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Leviticus 26:1 RYe shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a Tstanding image, neither shall ye set up any Timage of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 26:2 RYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 26:3 RIf ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus 26:4 RThen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus 26:5 And your Rthreshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and Rye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will Trid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Leviticus 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Leviticus 26:9 RFor I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
Leviticus 26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not Rabhor you.
Leviticus 26:12 And RI will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Leviticus 26:13 RI am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Leviticus 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus 26:15 And if ye shall Rdespise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even Rappoint Tover you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26:17 And I will Rset my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Leviticus 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you Rseven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:19 And I Rwill break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Leviticus 26:20 And Ryour strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Leviticus 26:21 And if ye walk Tcontrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:22 I will also send Rwild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:25 And I Rwill bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Leviticus 26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also Rin fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Leviticus 26:30 And RI 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.
Leviticus 26:31 RAnd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus 26:32 RAnd I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
Leviticus 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you RI will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a Tshaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Leviticus 26:37 And Rthey shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Leviticus 26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus 26:39 And they that are left of you Rshall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Leviticus 26:40 If they shall Rconfess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then Rtheir uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Leviticus 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; Rand I will remember the land.
Leviticus 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and Rshall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, RI will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Leviticus 26:45 But I will Rfor their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel Rin mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Leviticus 26:1–13 — Blessings of Covenant Obedience
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The LORD forbids idols and commands sabbath observance and reverence for his sanctuary. He promises rain, harvests, peace, and his dwelling among Israel if they walk in his statutes. He recalls breaking their bondage in Egypt and declares that they will be his people.
Key Truth: The LORD's covenant promises join obedience with his provision and presence.
Check What You Remember
1. What was promised in due season? (Leviticus 26:4)
Find it in Leviticus 26:4 (KJV).
2. What did the LORD promise to set among them? (Leviticus 26:11)
Find it in Leviticus 26:11 (KJV).
3. From which land had the LORD freed them? (Leviticus 26:13)
Find it in Leviticus 26:13 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Leviticus 26:14–39 — Consequences of Breaking the Covenant
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The passage warns of escalating consequences if Israel refuses the LORD's commandments and continues contrary to him. These include failed harvests, disease, warfare, desolation, and scattering among the nations. The abandoned land then enjoys the sabbath rests it did not receive. These are the covenant warnings stated to Israel.
Key Truth: Persistent covenant disobedience carries the consequences the LORD has warned about.
Check What You Remember
1. What covenant action is named at the end of verse 15? (Leviticus 26:15)
Find it in Leviticus 26:15 (KJV).
2. Among whom does the LORD say he will scatter them? (Leviticus 26:33)
Find it in Leviticus 26:33 (KJV).
3. What would the desolate land then enjoy? (Leviticus 26:34)
Find it in Leviticus 26:34 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Leviticus 26:40–46 — Confession and the Remembered Covenant
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The LORD speaks of confession, humbled hearts, and accepting the punishment of iniquity. He promises to remember his covenant with Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham, and not utterly destroy Israel or break that covenant even in their enemies' land. The chapter closes by identifying these as the laws given through Moses at Sinai.
Key Truth: The LORD remembers his covenant amid the call to confession and humility.
Check What You Remember
1. What were the people to confess? (Leviticus 26:40)
Find it in Leviticus 26:40 (KJV).
2. Name all three fathers whose covenants are named in verse 42. (Leviticus 26:42)
Find it in Leviticus 26:42 (KJV).
3. On which mount were these laws given? (Leviticus 26:46)
Find it in Leviticus 26:46 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How do the promised blessings go beyond successful harvests?
2. How does the repeated refusal to hearken affect the warnings?
3. How does the land’s desolation relate to its neglected sabbaths?
4. What response precedes the promise to remember the covenant?
5. How does the covenant promise limit the warning of exile?
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