“ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; ”
As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23 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 re...
The blessings of obedience: fertility, freedom from wild beasts, victory over enemies, and the presence of Yahweh Himself in the midst. For the first reward, cf. Amos 9:13 ; for the thought in gen...
If. Then. Note the four occurrences of "If" and "Then" in this chapter.
ITS REPETITION 3. If ye walk in my statutes. We have now to deal with two remarkable passages, in which he professedly treats of the rewards which the servants of God may expect, and of th...
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 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 .
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; If ye walk in my statutes. In that covenant into which God graciously entered with the people of Israel, He promised to besto...
Concluding Exhortations Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20 ,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and p...
If ye walk in my statutes. — We have already remarked that this verse begins the section in the Hebrew and ought to have begun the chapter in English. Having set forth the ceremonial and moral inju...
THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1-46 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close...
Results of Obedience and Disobedience Leviticus 26:1-20 There is a vast contrast between the ideal life of the first thirteen verses of this chapter and the remainder; just the distinction whic...
In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
Here again it is precious to the believer to remark how a gracious GOD hath secured his people, in the observance of those precepts. Ezekiel 38:23 . From Leviticus 26:2-12 , let the Reader observe...
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them. Both moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which had been delivered unto them, and now completely recorded in this and the preceding boo...
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Ver. 3. If ye walk in my statutes. ] God's promises are with a condition, which is as an oar in a boat, or stern of a ship, and tu...
If ye walk in my statutes , &c. In reward of their obedience, God promises them temporal prosperity in every instance that could render a nation happy. And, first, he assures them they should ha...
This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divi...
Promises. B. C. 1490. 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a...
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The Blessings ( Leviticus 26:3-13 ). Here follow all the blessings that would be theirs if only they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments in their hearts and do them. Leviticus...
Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1-13 .—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religio...
Leviticus 26:1 . Neither set up any image of stone, any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Dre...
If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them. The advantages of religion in a nation’s life I. Wherein a nation’s religious life consists. The recognised presence of God in...
PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary;...
Blessings Promised to the Obedient
Deuteronomy 11:13-15 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ; Isaiah 1:19 ; Isaiah 48:18 ; Isaiah 48:19 ; Joshua 23:14 ; Joshua 23:15 ; Judges 2:1 ; Judges 2:2 ; Leviticus 18:4 ; Leviticus 18:5 ; Matthew...