Bible Commentary

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 12. I will walk among you ] Cp. Gen 3:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I will walk among you, as I have hitherto done, both by my pillar of cloud and fire, and by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:12”

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. Verse 11. I will set my tabernacle among you] This and the following verse contain the grand promise of the Gospel dispensation, viz. the presence, manifestation, and indwelling of God in human nature, and his constant in dwelling in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:11”

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 10. because of the new ] better as mg. from before the new. The meaning is that the yield shall be so great that what has been gathered in an earlier year must be carried out of the storehouses or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:10”

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 9. will establish ] rather, will carry out. The Heb. expression means, to fulfil the promises of an older covenant. Cp. Gen 26:3, ‘I will establish [to Isaac] the oath which I sware unto Abraham’; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:9”

And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. Lev 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred. Panic among soldiers During the Italian war a panic occurred in a whole reserve corps darmee … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:8”

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And ye shall chase your enemies,…. Who being overcome in battle, and put to the flight, should be pursued: and they shall fall before you by the sword; not by the sword of one another, as the Midianites did, Jud … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:7”

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 6. none shall make you afraid ] a familiar expression in the prophetical books (Isa 17:2; Mic 4:4; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:6”

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 full, and dwell in your land safely. 5. Such shall be the abundant yield of cereals and wine that the ingathering will be continuous from the commencement of harvest till … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:5”

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. Verse 4. Rain in due season] What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:4”

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 3 13. The blessing that shall follow upon obedience. (Cp. Deu 28:1-11.) Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges As the book of the covenant Exo. 20:2223:33 concludes with promises and warnings Exo 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:3”