Leviticus 26

Blessings of Obedience

1‘You shall not makeH6213 for yourselves 12idolsH457, norH3808 shall you setH6965 up for yourselves 3an imageH6459 or 4a sacred pillarH4676, norH3808 shall you placeH5414 a 5figuredH4906 stoneH68 in your landH776 to bowH7812 downH7812 6to it; for I am the LordH3068 your GodH430. 27You shall keepH8104 My sabbathsH7676 and reverenceH3372 My sanctuaryH4720; I am the LordH3068. 38IfH518 you walkH1980 in My statutesH2708 and keepH8104 My commandmentsH4687 so as to carryH6213 them out, 4then 9I shall giveH5414 you rainsH1653 in their seasonH6256, so that the landH776 will yieldH5414 its produceH2981 and the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704 will bearH5414 their fruitH6529. 510Indeed, your threshingH1786 will lastH5381 for you untilH5381 grapeH1210 gatheringH1210, and grapeH1210 gatheringH1210 will lastH5381 untilH5381 sowingH2232 timeH2233. You will thus eatH398 your 11foodH3899 to the fullH7648 and 12liveH3427 securelyH983 in your landH776. 613I shall also grantH5414 peaceH7965 in the landH776, so that 14you may lieH7901 downH7901 with noH369 oneH369 making you trembleH2729. 15I shall also eliminateH7673 harmfulH7451 beastsH2421 from the landH776, and 16noH3808 swordH2719 will passH5674 throughH5674 your landH776. 7But you will chaseH7291 your enemiesH340 and they will fallH5307 beforeH6440 you by the swordH2719; 817fiveH2568 of you will chaseH7291 a hundredH3967, and a hundredH3967 of you will chaseH7291 tenH7233 thousandH7233, and your enemiesH340 will fallH5307 beforeH6440 you by the swordH2719. 9So I will turnH6437 towardH413 you and 18make you fruitfulH6509 and multiplyH7235 you, and I will 19confirmH6965 My covenantH1285 with you. 1020You will eatH398 the oldH3465 supplyH3462 and clearH3318 out the oldH3465 becauseH4480H6440 of the newH2319. 1121Moreover, I will makeH5414 My 22dwellingH4908 amongH8432 you, and My soulH5315 will not 23rejectH1602 you. 1224I will also walkH1980 amongH8432 you and be your GodH430, and you shall be My peopleH5971. 1325I am the LordH3068 your GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 you out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 soH4480 that you would not be their slavesH5650, and 26I brokeH7665 the barsH4133 of your yokeH5923 and made you walkH1980 erectH6968.

Penalties of Disobedience

14‘27But ifH518 you do not obeyH8085 Me and do not carryH6213 out allH3605 theseH428 commandmentsH4687, 15ifH518, instead, you 28rejectH3988 My statutesH2708, and ifH518 your soulH5315 abhorsH1602 My ordinancesH4941 so as not to carryH6213 out allH3605 My commandmentsH4687, and so 29breakH6565 My covenantH1285, 16I, in turnH637, will doH6213 thisH2088 to you: I will appointH6485 overH5921 you a 30suddenH928 terrorH928, consumptionH7829 and feverH6920 that will wasteH3615 awayH3615 the eyesH5869 and cause the 31soulH5315 to pineH1727 awayH1727; also, 32you will sowH2232 your seedH2233 uselesslyH7385, for your enemiesH340 will eatH398 it up. 17I will setH5414 My faceH6440 against you so that you will be struckH5062 downH5062 beforeH6440 your enemiesH340; and 33those who hateH8130 you will ruleH7287 over you, and 34you will fleeH5127 when noH369 oneH369 is pursuingH7291 you. 18IfH518 also afterH5704 theseH428 thingsH428 you do not obeyH8085 Me, then I will punishH3256 you 35sevenH7651 timesH7651 moreH3254 for your sinsH2403. 19I will also 36breakH7665 downH7665 your prideH1347 of powerH5797; I will also makeH5414 your skyH8064 like ironH1270 and your earthH776 like bronzeH5154. 2037Your strengthH3581 will be spentH8552 uselesslyH7385, for your landH776 will not yieldH5414 its produceH2981 and the treesH6086 of the landH776 will not yieldH5414 their fruitH6529.

21‘IfH518 then, you 3839actH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 Me and are unwillingH3808H14 to obeyH8085 Me, I will increaseH3254 the plagueH4347 on you 40sevenH7651 timesH7651 according to your sinsH2403. 2241I will letH7971 looseH7971 among you the beastsH2421 of the fieldH7704, which will bereaveH7921 you of your childrenH7921 and destroyH3772 your cattleH929 and reduceH4591 your number so that 42your roadsH1870 lieH8074 desertedH8074.

23‘43And ifH518 by theseH428 thingsH428 you are not turnedH3256 to Me, but actH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 Me, 24then I will 44actH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 you; and I, evenH1571 I, will strikeH5221 you 45sevenH7651 timesH7651 for your sinsH2403. 25I will also bringH935 upon you a swordH2719 which will executeH5358 46vengeanceH5359 for the covenantH1285; and when you gatherH622 together into your citiesH5892, I will sendH7971 47pestilenceH1698 amongH8432 you, so that you shall be deliveredH5414 into enemyH340 handsH3027. 2648When I breakH7665 your staffH4294 of breadH3899, tenH6235 womenH802 will bakeH644 your breadH3899 in oneH259 ovenH8574, and they will bringH7725 backH7725 your breadH3899 49in rationedH4948 amountsH4948, so that you will 50eatH398 and not be satisfiedH7646.

27‘Yet ifH518 in spite of thisH2088 you do not obeyH8085 Me, but actH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 Me, 28then 51I will actH1980 with wrathfulH2534 hostilityH7147 againstH5973 you, and I, evenH637 I, will punishH3256 you sevenH7651 timesH7651 for your sinsH2403. 29Further, 52you will eatH398 the fleshH1320 of your sonsH1121 and the fleshH1320 of your daughtersH1323 you will eatH398. 30I then 53will destroyH8045 your highH1116 placesH1116, and cutH3772 downH3772 your 54incenseH2553 altarsH2553, and heapH5414 your 55remainsH6297 on the 56remainsH6297 of your idolsH1544, for My soulH5315 shall abhorH1602 you. 31I will 57layH5414 58wasteH2723 your citiesH5892 as well and will makeH8074 your 59sanctuariesH4720 desolateH8074, and I will not 60smellH7381 your soothingH5207 aromasH7381. 32I will makeH8074 61the landH776 desolateH8074 62so that your enemiesH340 who settleH3427 in it will be appalledH8074 overH5921 it. 33You, however, I 63will scatterH2219 among the nationsH1471 and will drawH7385 out a swordH2719 afterH310 you, as your landH776 becomesH1961 desolateH8077 and your citiesH5892 becomeH1961 wasteH2723.

34‘64ThenH227 the landH776 will 65enjoyH7521 its sabbathsH7676 allH3605 the daysH3117 of the desolationH8074, while you are in your enemies’H340 landH776; thenH227 the landH776 will restH7673 and 66enjoyH7521 its sabbathsH7676. 35AllH3605 the daysH3117 of its desolationH8074 it will observeH7673 the restH7673 whichH834 it did not observeH7673 on your sabbathsH7676, while you were livingH3427 on it. 36As for those of you who may be leftH7604, I will also bringH935 67weaknessH4816 into their heartsH3824 in the landsH776 of their enemiesH340. And the soundH6963 of a drivenH5086 leafH5929 will chaseH7291 them, and even when noH369 one is pursuingH7291 they will fleeH5127 68as thoughH4499 from the swordH2719, and they will fallH5307. 3769They will therefore stumbleH3782 over eachH376 otherH251 as if running from the swordH2719, although noH369 oneH369 is pursuingH7291; and you will haveH1961 no strength 70to standH8617 up beforeH6440 your enemiesH340. 38But 71you will perishH6 among the nationsH1471, and your enemies’H340 landH776 will consumeH398 you. 3972So those of you who may be leftH7604 will rotH4743 awayH4743 because of their iniquityH5771 in the landsH776 of your enemiesH340; and alsoH637 because of the iniquitiesH5771 of their forefathersH1 they will rotH4743 awayH4743 with them.

40‘73If they confessH3034 their iniquityH5771 and the iniquityH5771 of their forefathersH1, in their unfaithfulnessH4603 whichH834 they committedH4603 against Me, and alsoH637 in their actingH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 Me-- 41I alsoH637 was actingH1980 with hostilityH7147 againstH5973 them, to bringH935 them into the landH776 of their enemiesH340--74orH176 ifH227 their uncircumcisedH6189 heartH3824 becomesH3665 humbledH3665 so that 75they thenH227 makeH7521 amendsH7521 for their iniquityH5771, 42then I will rememberH2142 76My covenantH1285 with JacobH3290, and I will rememberH2142 alsoH637 77My covenantH1285 with IsaacH3327, and 78My covenantH1285 with AbrahamH85 as wellH637, and I will rememberH2142 the landH776. 4379For the landH776 will be abandonedH5800 by them, and will makeH7521 up for its sabbathsH7676 while it is madeH8074 desolateH8074 withoutH4480 them. They, meanwhile, will be makingH7521 amendsH7521 for their iniquityH5771, 80becauseH3282 they rejectedH3988 My ordinancesH4941 and their 81soulH5315 abhorredH1602 My statutesH2708. 44Yet in spiteH637H1571 of thisH2088, when they are in the landH776 of their enemiesH340, I will not rejectH3988 them, norH3808 will I so 82abhorH1602 them as 83to destroyH3615 them, 84breakingH6565 My covenantH1285 with them; for I am the LordH3068 their GodH430. 45But I will rememberH2142 for them the 85covenantH1285 with their ancestorsH7223, whomH834 I broughtH3318 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 in the sightH5869 of the nationsH1471, that 86I might be their GodH430. I am the LordH3068.’”

4687TheseH428 are the statutesH2706 and ordinancesH4941 and lawsH8451 whichH834 the LordH3068 establishedH5414 betweenH996 Himself and the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 88throughH3027 MosesH4872 at MountH2022 SinaiH5514.