Leviticus 26
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1“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God.
KJVYe shall makeH6213(H8799) you no idolsH457 nor graven imageH6459, neither rear you upH6965(H8686) a standing imageH4676, neither shall ye set upH5414(H8799) any imageH4906 of stoneH68 in your landH776, to bow downH7812(H8692) unto it: for I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
2 “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
KJVYe shall keepH8104(H8799) my sabbathsH7676, and reverenceH3372(H8799) my sanctuaryH4720: I am the LORDH3068.
3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments, and do them,
KJVIf ye walkH3212(H8799) in my statutesH2708, and keepH8104(H8799) my commandmentsH4687, and doH6213(H8804) them;
4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
KJVThen I will giveH5414(H8804) you rainH1653 in due seasonH6256, and the landH776 shall yieldH5414(H8804) her increaseH2981, and the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704 shall yieldH5414(H8799) their fruitH6529.
5 Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
KJVAnd your threshingH1786 shall reachH5381(H8689) unto the vintageH1210, and the vintageH1210 shall reachH5381(H8686) unto the sowing timeH2233: and ye shall eatH398(H8804) your breadH3899 to the fullH7648, and dwellH3427(H8804) in your landH776 safelyH983.
6 “‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
KJVAnd I will giveH5414(H8804) peaceH7965 in the landH776, and ye shall lie downH7901(H8804), and none shall make you afraidH2729(H8688): and I will ridH7673(H8689) evilH7451 beastsH2416 out of the landH776, neither shall the swordH2719 goH5674(H8799) through your landH776.
7 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
KJVAnd ye shall chaseH7291(H8804) your enemiesH341(H8802), and they shall fallH5307(H8804) beforeH6440 you by the swordH2719.
8 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
KJVAnd fiveH2568 of you shall chaseH7291(H8804) an hundredH3967, and an hundredH3967 of you shall put ten thousandH7233 to flightH7291(H8799): and your enemiesH341(H8802) shall fallH5307(H8804) beforeH6440 you by the swordH2719.
9 “‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
KJVFor I will have respectH6437(H8804) unto you, and make you fruitfulH6509(H8689), and multiplyH7235(H8689) you, and establishH6965(H8689) my covenantH1285 with you.
10 You shall eat old supplies long kept, and you shall move out the old because of the new.
KJVAnd ye shall eatH398(H8804) old storeH3462(H8737), and bring forthH3318(H8686) the oldH3465 becauseH6440 of the newH2319.
11 I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.
KJVAnd I will setH5414(H8804) my tabernacleH4908 amongH8432 you: and my soulH5315 shall not abhorH1602(H8799) you.
12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
KJVAnd I will walkH1980(H8694) amongH8432 you, and will beH1961(H8799) your GodH430, and ye shall beH1961(H8799) my peopleH5971.
13 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you walk upright.
KJVI am the LORDH3068 your GodH430, which brought you forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, that ye should not be their bondmenH5650; and I have brokenH7665(H8799) the bandsH4133 of your yokeH5923, and made you goH3212(H8686) uprightH6968.
14 “‘But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments,
KJVBut if ye will not hearkenH8085(H8799) unto me, and will not doH6213(H8799) all these commandmentsH4687;
15 and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
KJVAnd if ye shall despiseH3988(H8799) my statutesH2708, or if your soulH5315 abhorH1602(H8799) my judgmentsH4941, so that ye will not doH6213(H8800) all my commandmentsH4687, but that ye breakH6565(H8687) my covenantH1285:
16 I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
KJVI also will doH6213(H8799) this unto you; I will even appointH6485(H8689) over you terrorH928, consumptionH7829, and the burning agueH6920, that shall consumeH3615(H8764) the eyesH5869, and cause sorrowH1727(H8688) of heartH5315: and ye shall sowH2232(H8804) your seedH2233 in vainH7385, for your enemiesH341(H8802) shall eatH398(H8804) it.
17 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
KJVAnd I will setH5414(H8804) my faceH6440 against you, and ye shall be slainH5062(H8738) beforeH6440 your enemiesH341(H8802): they that hateH8130(H8802) you shall reignH7287(H8804) over you; and ye shall fleeH5127(H8804) when none pursuethH7291(H8802) you.
18 “‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
KJVAnd if ye will not yetH5704 for all this hearkenH8085(H8799) unto me, then I will punishH3256(H8763) you seven timesH7651 moreH3254(H8804) for your sinsH2403.
19 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze.
KJVAnd I will breakH7665(H8804) the prideH1347 of your powerH5797; and I will makeH5414(H8804) your heavenH8064 as ironH1270, and your earthH776 as brassH5154:
20 Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
KJVAnd your strengthH3581 shall be spentH8552(H8804) in vainH7385: for your landH776 shall not yieldH5414(H8799) her increaseH2981, neither shall the treesH6086 of the landH776 yieldH5414(H8799) their fruitsH6529.
21 “‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
KJVAnd if ye walkH3212(H8799) contraryH7147 unto me, and willH14(H8799) not hearkenH8085(H8800) unto me; I will bringH3254 seven timesH7651 moreH3254(H8804) plaguesH4347 upon you according to your sinsH2403.
22 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number. Your roads will become desolate.
KJVI will also sendH7971(H8689) wildH7704 beastsH2416 among you, which shall rob you of your childrenH7921(H8765), and destroyH3772(H8689) your cattleH929, and make you few in numberH4591(H8689); and your high waysH1870 shall be desolateH8074(H8738).
23 “‘If by these things you won’t be turned back to me, but will walk contrary to me,
KJVAnd if ye will not be reformedH3256(H8735) by me by these things, but will walkH1980(H8804) contraryH7147 unto me;
24 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
KJVThen will I also walkH1980(H8804) contraryH7147 unto you, and will punishH5221(H8689) you yetH1571 seven timesH7651 for your sinsH2403.
25 I will bring a sword upon you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant. You will be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you. You will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
KJVAnd I will bringH935(H8689) a swordH2719 upon you, that shall avengeH5358(H8802) the quarrelH5359 of my covenantH1285: and when ye are gathered togetherH622(H8738) withinH413 your citiesH5892, I will sendH7971(H8765) the pestilenceH1698 amongH8432 you; and ye shall be deliveredH5414(H8738) into the handH3027 of the enemyH341(H8802).
26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight. You shall eat, and not be satisfied.
KJVAnd when I have brokenH7665(H8800) the staffH4294 of your breadH3899, tenH6235 womenH802 shall bakeH644(H8804) your breadH3899 in oneH259 ovenH8574, and they shall deliverH7725 you your breadH3899 againH7725(H8689) by weightH4948: and ye shall eatH398(H8804), and not be satisfiedH7646(H8799).
27 “‘If you in spite of this won’t listen to me, but walk contrary to me,
KJVAnd if ye will not for all thisH2063 hearkenH8085(H8799) unto me, but walkH1980(H8804) contraryH7147 unto me;
28 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.
KJVThen I will walkH1980(H8804) contraryH7147 unto you also in furyH2534; and I, evenH637 I, will chastiseH3256(H8765) you seven timesH7651 for your sinsH2403.
29 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
KJVAnd ye shall eatH398(H8804) the fleshH1320 of your sonsH1121, and the fleshH1320 of your daughtersH1323 shall ye eatH398(H8799).
30 I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
KJVAnd I will destroyH8045(H8689) your high placesH1116, and cut downH3772(H8689) your imagesH2553, and castH5414(H8804) your carcasesH6297 upon the carcasesH6297 of your idolsH1544, and my soulH5315 shall abhorH1602(H8804) you.
31 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
KJVAnd I will makeH5414(H8804) your citiesH5892 wasteH2723, and bringH8074 your sanctuariesH4720 unto desolationH8074(H8689), and I will not smellH7306(H8686) the savourH7381 of your sweet odoursH5207.
32 I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.
KJVAnd I will bringH8074 the landH776 into desolationH8074(H8689): and your enemiesH341(H8802) which dwellH3427(H8802) therein shall be astonishedH8074(H8804) at it.
33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you. Your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
KJVAnd I will scatterH2219(H8762) you among the heathenH1471, and will draw outH7324(H8689) a swordH2719 afterH310 you: and your landH776 shall be desolateH8077, and your citiesH5892 wasteH2723.
34 Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
KJVThen shall the landH776 enjoyH7521(H8799) her sabbathsH7676, as longH3117 as it lieth desolateH8074(H8715), and ye be in your enemiesH341(H8802)' landH776; even then shall the landH776 restH7673(H8799), and enjoyH7521(H8689) her sabbathsH7676.
35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn’t have in your Sabbaths when you lived on it.
KJVAs long asH3117 it lieth desolateH8074(H8715) it shall restH7673(H8799); because it did not restH7673(H8804) in your sabbathsH7676, when ye dweltH3427(H8800) upon it.
36 “‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.
KJVAnd upon them that are leftH7604(H8737) alive of you I will sendH935(H8689) a faintnessH4816 into their heartsH3824 in the landsH776 of their enemiesH341(H8802); and the soundH6963 of a shakenH5086(H8737) leafH5929 shall chaseH7291(H8804) them; and they shall fleeH5127(H8804), as fleeingH4499 from a swordH2719; and they shall fallH5307(H8804) when none pursuethH7291(H8802).
37 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues. You will have no power to stand before your enemies.
KJVAnd they shall fallH3782(H8804) oneH376 upon anotherH251, as it were beforeH6440 a swordH2719, when none pursuethH7291(H8802): and ye shall have no power to standH8617 beforeH6440 your enemiesH341(H8802).
38 You will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will eat you up.
KJVAnd ye shall perishH6(H8804) among the heathenH1471, and the landH776 of your enemiesH341(H8802) shall eat you upH398(H8804).
39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them.
KJVAnd they that are leftH7604(H8737) of you shall pine awayH4743(H8735) in their iniquityH5771 in your enemiesH341(H8802)' landsH776; and also in the iniquitiesH5771 of their fathersH1 shall they pine awayH4743(H8735) with them.
40 “‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me; and also that because they walked contrary to me,
KJVIf they shall confessH3034(H8694) their iniquityH5771, and the iniquityH5771 of their fathersH1, with their trespassH4604 which they trespassedH4603(H8804) against me, and that also they have walkedH1980(H8804) contraryH7147 unto me;
41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
KJVAnd that I also have walkedH3212(H8799) contraryH7147 unto them, and have broughtH935(H8689) them into the landH776 of their enemiesH341(H8802); if thenH176 their uncircumcisedH6189 heartsH3824 be humbledH3665(H8735), and they then acceptH7521(H8799) of the punishment of their iniquityH5771:
42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
KJVThen will I rememberH2142(H8804) my covenantH1285 with JacobH3290, and also my covenantH1285 with IsaacH3327, and also my covenantH1285 with AbrahamH85 will I rememberH2142(H8799); and I will rememberH2142(H8799) the landH776.
43 The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
KJVThe landH776 also shall be leftH5800(H8735) of them, and shall enjoyH7521(H8799) her sabbathsH7676, while she lieth desolateH8074(H8715) without them: and they shall acceptH7521(H8799) of the punishment of their iniquityH5771: becauseH3282, even becauseH3282 they despisedH3988(H8804) my judgmentsH4941, and because their soulH5315 abhorredH1602(H8804) my statutesH2708.
44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God.
KJVAnd yetH637 for all thatH2063, when they beH1571 in the landH776 of their enemiesH341(H8802), I will not cast them awayH3988(H8804), neither will I abhorH1602(H8804) them, to destroy them utterlyH3615(H8763), and to breakH6565(H8687) my covenantH1285 with them: for I am the LORDH3068 their GodH430.
45 But I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.’”
KJVBut I will for their sakes rememberH2142(H8804) the covenantH1285 of their ancestorsH7223, whom I brought forthH3318(H8689) out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 in the sightH5869 of the heathenH1471, that I might be their GodH430: I am the LORDH3068.
46 These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
KJVThese are the statutesH2706 and judgmentsH4941 and lawsH8451, which the LORDH3068 madeH5414(H8804) between him and the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 in mountH2022 SinaiH5514 by the handH3027 of MosesH4872.
Leviticus 26
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