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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred. Cf. Joshua 23:10, "One man of you shall chase a thousand." For examples, see 3:31; 15:15; 1혻Samuel 14:6-16; 2혻Samuel 23:8.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:10
Ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. The provisions of the past year would be so abundant that they would have to be removed to make place for the new stores.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:11
God dwelling amongst men. All possible methods were employed to attach the Israelites to the Law. Solemnity of its promulgation, judgment executed on transgressors, enticing promises and terrifying threats. Chief among…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:11
And I will set my tabernacle among you. This was fulfilled, spiritually, as shown to St. John in his vision of the new Jerusalem: "I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:12
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. These words are quoted by St. Paul as a ground of the holiness required of God's people (2혻Corinthians 6:16).
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:13
And I have broken the bands of your yoke. This expression, used also in the parallel passage of Ezekiel above referred to (Ezekiel 34:27), and Jeremiah 27:2 receives an illustration from the ancient method of harnessing…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39
After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two thi…
Threatenings. (b. c. 1490.)
THREATENINGS. (B. C. 1490.) After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which wou…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39
Divine retribution. The Divine Legislator of Israel knew well that he must contemplate disobedience as well as obedience to his laws. When he had intimated the fullness of the reward he would bestow on the faithful, he…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-17
Punishment in its first degree. Terror, consumption,?봳hat is, wasting?봞nd the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:?봞 proverbial expression for great distress (see 1혻Samuel 2:33)?봞nd ye s…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39
Prophetic maledictions. The promises of God are prophecies of good; so are his threatening prophecies of evil. Prophecy, therefore, gives no countenance to fatalism, since it is made to depend upon conditions. God may,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:18-20
Punishment in its second degree. I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; the result of no rain in a land scorched by the fiery Eastern sun. Your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the tre…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:21
Threatenings. I. Actually fulfilled in history of the Jews, especially at siege of Jerusalem, A.D. 70. II. Illustrating the moral nature of man as connected with a moral government. III. Taken in order of announcement a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:23-26
Punishment in its fourth degree. I will bring a sword upon yon, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant:??I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy?봳hat is, ye shall…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:27-33
Punishment in the fifth degree. Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. We find that this threat was fulfilled in Samaria (2혻Kings 6:28), and in Jerusalem at the time both of t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:36-39
The final punishment. Upon them that are left, that is, the surviving captives and exiles, I will send a faintness into their hearts,?봲o Ezekiel 21:7, "And every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and ever…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:40-46
Among the Israelites, persons were not always prosperous or afflicted according to their obedience or disobedience. But national prosperity was the effect of national obedience, and national judgments were brought on by…
Threatenings and Promises. (b. c. 1490.)
THREATENINGS AND PROMISES. (B. C. 1490.) Here the chapter concludes with gracious promises of the return of God's favour to them upon their repentance, that they might not (unless it were their own fault) pine away in t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:40-46
Hope for Israel. The curses of this chapter have proved prophetic. So, may we infer, will the blessings prove. We may therefore hope to see the conversion of the Hebrews to Christ, their restoration to their ancient inh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:40-45
Sorrow unto salvation. The chastisements of God, like the gospel of Jesus Christ, are either a savour of life unto life or of death unto death; they either make or mar; they may sanctify and save or they may leave the s…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:40-45
God's pardon will, even yet, as always, follow upon confession of sin and genuine repentance. They must recognize not only that they have sinned, but that their sufferings have been a punishment for those sins at God's…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:40-46
The gracious invitation to repentance. The covenant may be restored. Even in the midst of the declarations of Divine sovereignty and government, long-suffering mercy meets "the earliest and faintest breathings of a brok…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 26:46
This is the closing paragraph of the Book of Leviticus; to which another chapter has been added, in the form of an appendix, on the subject of vows. HOMILETICS
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:1-13
Zeal for the service of God disposed the Israelites, on some occasions, to dedicate themselves or their children to the service of the Lord, in his house for life. Some persons who thus dedicated themselves might be emp…