LEVIT. XXVI:1-39—B. C. 1491 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. 2¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 131 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. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 4 Then 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. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the 15 And if ye shall despise my full, and dwell in your land safely. statutes, or if your soul abhor my 6 And I will give peace in the judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid and ye break my covenant: I will rid evil beasts out of the 16 I also will do this unto you; land, neither shall the sword go I will even appoint over you terthrough your land. ror, consumption, and the burning 7 And ye shall chase your ene-ague, that shall consume the eyes, mies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 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. and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face. against you, and e shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and 9 For I will have respect unto ye shall flee when none pursuetb you, and make you fruitful, and you. * 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 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. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall* 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. * 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild 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. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I 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. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; * 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword up-† 33 AND I WILL SCATTER on you, that shall avenge the quar- YOU AMONG THE HEATHEN, rel of my covenant: and when ye AND WILL DRAW OUT A are gathered together within your SWORD AFTER YOU: AND cities, I will send the pestilence YOUR LAND SHALL BE DESOamong you; and ye shall be de- LATE AND YOUR CITIES livered into the hand of the enemy. WASTE. *Levit. 26:14-39-"... Seven times. . ." Repeated four times. +Levit. 26:33-"And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste." |