Apologetics Bible

Leviticus 26:1

Hebrew

לֹֽא־תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם אֱלִילִם וּפֶסֶל וּמַצֵּבָה לֹֽא־תָקִימוּ לָכֶם וְאֶבֶן מַשְׂכִּית לֹא תִתְּנוּ בְּאַרְצְכֶם לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺת עָלֶיהָ כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

lo'-ta'ashv-lakhem-'eliylim-vfesel-vmatzevah-lo'-taqiymv-lakhem-ve'even-mashekhiyt-lo'-titenv-ve'aretzekhem-lehishetachavt-'aleyha-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-'eloheykhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.

ASV: Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

YLT: `Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:2

Hebrew

אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁי תִּירָאוּ אֲנִי יְהוָֽה׃

'et-shavetotay-tishemorv-vmiqedashiy-tiyra'v-'aniy-yehvah

KJV: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

AKJV: You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. ¶

ASV: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

YLT: `My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I am Jehovah.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:3

Hebrew

אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָֽם׃

'im-vechuqotay-telekhv-ve'et-mitzevtay-tishemerv-va'ashiytem-'otam

KJV: If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

AKJV: If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

ASV: If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

YLT: `If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:4

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

venatatiy-gishemeykhem-ve'itam-venatenah-ha'aretz-yevvlah-ve'etz-hashadeh-yiten-fireyvo

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

YLT: then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:5

Hebrew

וְהִשִּׂיג לָכֶם דַּיִשׁ אֶת־בָּצִיר וּבָצִיר יַשִּׂיג אֶת־זָרַע וַאֲכַלְתֶּם לַחְמְכֶם לָשֹׂבַע וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם לָבֶטַח בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃

vehishiyg-lakhem-dayish-'et-vatziyr-vvatziyr-yashiyg-'et-zara'-va'akhaletem-lachemekhem-lashova'-viyshavetem-lavetach-ve'aretzekhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

ASV: 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.

YLT: and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing- time ; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:6

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּם וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי חַיָּה רָעָה מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְחֶרֶב לֹא־תַעֲבֹר בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃

venatatiy-shalvom-va'aretz-vshekhavetem-ve'eyn-machariyd-vehishevatiy-chayah-ra'ah-min-ha'aretz-vecherev-lo'-ta'avor-ve'aretzekhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And I will give peace in the land, and you 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.

ASV: And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

YLT: `And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:7

Hebrew

וּרְדַפְתֶּם אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶם וְנָפְלוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם לֶחָֽרֶב

vredafetem-'et-'oyeveykhem-venafelv-lifeneykhem-lecharev

KJV: And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

AKJV: And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

ASV: And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

YLT: `And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:8

Hebrew

וְרָדְפוּ מִכֶּם חֲמִשָּׁה מֵאָה וּמֵאָה מִכֶּם רְבָבָה יִרְדֹּפוּ וְנָפְלוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶם לִפְנֵיכֶם לֶחָֽרֶב׃

veradefv-mikhem-chamishah-me'ah-vme'ah-mikhem-revavah-yiredofv-venafelv-'oyeveykhem-lifeneykhem-lecharev

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

YLT: and five of you have pursued a hundred, and a hundred of you do pursue a myriad; and your enemies have fallen before you by the sword.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:9

Hebrew

וּפָנִיתִי אֲלֵיכֶם וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶתְכֶם וַהֲקִימֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶֽם׃

vfaniytiy-'aleykhem-vehifereytiy-'etekhem-vehireveytiy-'etekhem-vahaqiymotiy-'et-veriytiy-'itekhem

KJV: For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

AKJV: For I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

ASV: And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

YLT: `And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:10

Hebrew

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן וְיָשָׁן מִפְּנֵי חָדָשׁ תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃

va'akhaletem-yashan-nvoshan-veyashan-mifeney-chadash-tvotziy'v

KJV: And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

AKJV: And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

ASV: And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

YLT: and ye have eaten old store , and the old because of the new ye bring out.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:11

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי מִשְׁכָּנִי בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְלֹֽא־תִגְעַל נַפְשִׁי אֶתְכֶֽם׃

venatatiy-mishekhaniy-vetvokhekhem-velo'-tige'al-nafeshiy-'etekhem

KJV: And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

AKJV: And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

ASV: And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

YLT: `And I have given My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul doth not loathe you;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:12

Hebrew

וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְהָיִיתִי לָכֶם לֵֽאלֹהִים וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ־לִי לְעָֽם׃

vehitehalakhetiy-vetvokhekhem-vehayiytiy-lakhem-le'lohiym-ve'atem-tiheyv-liy-le'am

KJV: And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

AKJV: And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

ASV: And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

YLT: and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye--ye are become My people;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:13

Hebrew

אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִֽהְיֹת לָהֶם עֲבָדִים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם וָאוֹלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃

'aniy-yehvah-'eloheykhem-'asher-hvotze'tiy-'etekhem-me'eretz-mitzerayim-miheyot-lahem-'avadiym-va'eshevor-motot-'ulekhem-va'volekhe-'etekhem-qvomemiyvt

KJV: I 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.

AKJV: I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. ¶

ASV: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

YLT: I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their servants; and I break the bars of your yoke, and cause you to go erect.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:14

Hebrew

וְאִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וְלֹא תַעֲשׂוּ אֵת כָּל־הַמִּצְוֺת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

ve'im-lo'-tisheme'v-liy-velo'-ta'ashv-'et-khal-hamitzevt-ha'eleh

KJV: But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

AKJV: But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;

ASV: But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

YLT: `And if ye do not hearken to Me, and do not all these commands;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:15

Hebrew

וְאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַי לְהַפְרְכֶם אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי׃

ve'im-vechuqotay-time'asv-ve'im-'et-mishefatay-tige'al-nafeshekhem-leviletiy-'ashvot-'et-khal-mitzevtay-lehaferekhem-'et-veriytiy

KJV: And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

AKJV: And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:

ASV: and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

YLT: and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands--to your breaking My covenant--

Exposition: Leviticus 26:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:16

Hebrew

אַף־אֲנִי אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂה־זֹּאת לָכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם בֶּֽהָלָה אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶפֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּחַת מְכַלּוֹת עֵינַיִם וּמְדִיבֹת נָפֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּם לָרִיק זַרְעֲכֶם וַאֲכָלֻהוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

'af-'aniy-'e'esheh-zo't-lakhem-vehifeqadetiy-'aleykhem-vehalah-'et-hashachefet-ve'et-haqadachat-mekhalvot-'eynayim-vmediyvot-nafesh-vzera'etem-lariyq-zare'akhem-va'akhaluhv-'oyeveykhem

KJV: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

AKJV: I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

ASV: I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

YLT: I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:17

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי פָנַי בָּכֶם וְנִגַּפְתֶּם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיכֶם וְרָדוּ בָכֶם שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶם וְנַסְתֶּם וְאֵין־רֹדֵף אֶתְכֶֽם׃

venatatiy-fanay-vakhem-venigafetem-lifeney-'oyeveykhem-veradv-vakhem-shone'eykhem-venasetem-ve'eyn-rodef-'etekhem

KJV: And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

AKJV: And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.

ASV: And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

YLT: and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:18

Hebrew

וְאִם־עַד־אֵלֶּה לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וְיָסַפְתִּי לְיַסְּרָה אֶתְכֶם שֶׁבַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

ve'im-'ad-'eleh-lo'-tisheme'v-liy-veyasafetiy-leyaserah-'etekhem-sheva'-'al-chato'teykhem

KJV: And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

AKJV: And if you will not yet for all this listen to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

ASV: And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

YLT: `And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:19

Hebrew

וְשָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת־גְּאוֹן עֻזְּכֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם כַּבַּרְזֶל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃

veshavaretiy-'et-ge'von-'uzekhem-venatatiy-'et-shemeykhem-khavarezel-ve'et-'aretzekhem-khanechushah

KJV: And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

AKJV: And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

ASV: And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

YLT: and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:20

Hebrew

וְתַם לָרִיק כֹּחֲכֶם וְלֹֽא־תִתֵּן אַרְצְכֶם אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הָאָרֶץ לֹא יִתֵּן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

vetam-lariyq-khochakhem-velo'-titen-'aretzekhem-'et-yevvlah-ve'etz-ha'aretz-lo'-yiten-fireyvo

KJV: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

AKJV: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. ¶

ASV: and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

YLT: and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:21

Hebrew

וְאִם־תֵּֽלְכוּ עִמִּי קֶרִי וְלֹא תֹאבוּ לִשְׁמֹעַֽ לִי וְיָסַפְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם מַכָּה שֶׁבַע כְּחַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

ve'im-telekhv-'imiy-qeriy-velo'-to'vv-lishemo'a-liy-veyasafetiy-'aleykhem-makhah-sheva'-khechato'teykhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And if you walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me; I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

ASV: 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.

YLT: `And if ye walk with Me in opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:22

Hebrew

וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי בָכֶם אֶת־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְשִׁכְּלָה אֶתְכֶם וְהִכְרִיתָה אֶת־בְּהֶמְתְּכֶם וְהִמְעִיטָה אֶתְכֶם וְנָשַׁמּוּ דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃

vehishelachetiy-vakhem-'et-chayat-hashadeh-veshikhelah-'etekhem-vehikheriytah-'et-vehemetekhem-vehime'iytah-'etekhem-venashamv-darekheykhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

YLT: and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:23

Hebrew

וְאִם־בְּאֵלֶּה לֹא תִוָּסְרוּ לִי וַהֲלַכְתֶּם עִמִּי קֶֽרִי׃

ve'im-ve'eleh-lo'-tivaserv-liy-vahalakhetem-'imiy-qeriy

KJV: And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

AKJV: And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary to me;

ASV: And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me;

YLT: `And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:24

Hebrew

וְהָלַכְתִּי אַף־אֲנִי עִמָּכֶם בְּקֶרִי וְהִכֵּיתִי אֶתְכֶם גַּם־אָנִי שֶׁבַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

vehalakhetiy-'af-'aniy-'imakhem-veqeriy-vehikheytiy-'etekhem-gam-'aniy-sheva'-'al-chato'teykhem

KJV: Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

AKJV: Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

ASV: then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

YLT: then I have walked--I also--with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:25

Hebrew

וְהֵבֵאתִי עֲלֵיכֶם חֶרֶב נֹקֶמֶת נְקַם־בְּרִית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי דֶבֶר בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְנִתַּתֶּם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃

veheve'tiy-'aleykhem-cherev-noqemet-neqam-veriyt-vene'esafetem-'el-'areykhem-veshilachetiy-dever-vetvokhekhem-venitatem-veyad-'voyev

KJV: And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

AKJV: And I will bring a sword on you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

ASV: And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

YLT: and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of t...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:26

Hebrew

בְּשִׁבְרִי לָכֶם מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם וְאָפוּ עֶשֶׂר נָשִׁים לַחְמְכֶם בְּתַנּוּר אֶחָד וְהֵשִׁיבוּ לַחְמְכֶם בַּמִּשְׁקָל וַאֲכַלְתֶּם וְלֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

veshiveriy-lakhem-mateh-lechem-ve'afv-'esher-nashiym-lachemekhem-vetanvr-'echad-veheshiyvv-lachemekhem-vamisheqal-va'akhaletem-velo'-tisheva'v

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 you shall eat, and not be satisfied.

ASV: When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

YLT: `In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:27

Hebrew

וְאִם־בְּזֹאת לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וַהֲלַכְתֶּם עִמִּי בְּקֶֽרִי׃

ve'im-vezo't-lo'-tisheme'v-liy-vahalakhetem-'imiy-veqeriy

KJV: And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

AKJV: And if you will not for all this listen to me, but walk contrary to me;

ASV: And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

YLT: `And if for this ye hearken not to Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:28

Hebrew

וְהָלַכְתִּי עִמָּכֶם בַּחֲמַת־קֶרִי וְיִסַּרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם אַף־אָנִי שֶׁבַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם׃

vehalakhetiy-'imakhem-vachamat-qeriy-veyisaretiy-'etekhem-'af-'aniy-sheva'-'al-chato'teykhem

KJV: Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

AKJV: Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

ASV: then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

YLT: then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:29

Hebrew

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם בְּשַׂר בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְשַׂר בְּנֹתֵיכֶם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

va'akhaletem-veshar-veneykhem-vveshar-venoteykhem-to'khelv

KJV: And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

AKJV: And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

ASV: And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

YLT: `And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:30

Hebrew

וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֶת־בָּמֹֽתֵיכֶם וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶת־חַמָּנֵיכֶם וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת־פִּגְרֵיכֶם עַל־פִּגְרֵי גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם וְגָעֲלָה נַפְשִׁי אֶתְכֶֽם׃

vehishemadetiy-'et-vamoteykhem-vehikheratiy-'et-chamaneykhem-venatatiy-'et-figereykhem-'al-figerey-gilvleykhem-vega'alah-nafeshiy-'etekhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

ASV: And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

YLT: And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:31

Hebrew

וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־עָֽרֵיכֶם חָרְבָּה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִי אֶת־מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶם וְלֹא אָרִיחַ בְּרֵיחַ נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם׃

venatatiy-'et-'areykhem-charevah-vahashimvotiy-'et-miqedesheykhem-velo'-'ariycha-vereycha-niychochakhem

KJV: And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

AKJV: And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the smell of your sweet odors.

ASV: And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

YLT: and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:32

Hebrew

וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי אֲנִי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְשָֽׁמְמוּ עָלֶיהָ אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם הַיֹּשְׁבִים בָּֽהּ׃

vahashimotiy-'aniy-'et-ha'aretz-veshamemv-'aleyha-'oyeveykhem-hayosheviym-vah

KJV: And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

AKJV: And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

ASV: And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

YLT: and I have made desolate the land, and your enemies, who are dwelling in it, have been astonished at it.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:33

Hebrew

וְאֶתְכֶם אֱזָרֶה בַגּוֹיִם וַהֲרִיקֹתִי אַחֲרֵיכֶם חָרֶב וְהָיְתָה אַרְצְכֶם שְׁמָמָה וְעָרֵיכֶם יִהְיוּ חָרְבָּֽה׃

ve'etekhem-'ezareh-vagvoyim-vahariyqotiy-'achareykhem-charev-vehayetah-'aretzekhem-shemamah-ve'areykhem-yiheyv-charevah

KJV: And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

AKJV: And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

ASV: And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

YLT: And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:34

Hebrew

אָז תִּרְצֶה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָ כֹּל יְמֵי הֳשַׁמָּה וְאַתֶּם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶם אָז תִּשְׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ וְהִרְצָת אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶֽיהָ׃

'az-tiretzeh-ha'aretz-'et-shavetoteyha-khol-yemey-hoshamah-ve'atem-ve'eretz-'oyeveykhem-'az-tishevat-ha'aretz-vehiretzat-'et-shavetoteyha

KJV: Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

AKJV: Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

ASV: Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.

YLT: `Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths--all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies--then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths;

Exposition: Leviticus 26:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:35

Hebrew

כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַׁמָּה תִּשְׁבֹּת אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁבְתָה בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶם בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶם עָלֶֽיהָ׃

khal-yemey-hashamah-tishevot-'et-'asher-lo'-shavetah-veshavetoteykhem-veshivetekhem-'aleyha

KJV: As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

AKJV: As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelled on it.

ASV: As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

YLT: all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:36

Hebrew

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּכֶם וְהֵבֵאתִי מֹרֶךְ בִּלְבָבָם בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיהֶם וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֹל עָלֶה נִדָּף וְנָסוּ מְנֻֽסַת־חֶרֶב וְנָפְלוּ וְאֵין רֹדֵֽף׃

vehanishe'ariym-vakhem-veheve'tiy-morekhe-vilevavam-ve'aretzot-'oyeveyhem-veradaf-'otam-qvol-'aleh-nidaf-venasv-menusat-cherev-venafelv-ve'eyn-rodef

KJV: And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

AKJV: And on them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.

ASV: And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

YLT: `And those who are left of you--I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled--flight from a sword--and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:37

Hebrew

וְכָשְׁלוּ אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיו כְּמִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב וְרֹדֵף אָיִן וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם תְּקוּמָה לִפְנֵי אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

vekhashelv-'iysh-ve'achiyv-khemifeney-cherev-verodef-'ayin-velo'-tiheyeh-lakhem-teqvmah-lifeney-'oyeveykhem

KJV: And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

AKJV: And they shall fall one on another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

ASV: And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

YLT: And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:38

Hebrew

וַאֲבַדְתֶּם בַּגּוֹיִם וְאָכְלָה אֶתְכֶם אֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

va'avadetem-vagvoyim-ve'akhelah-'etekhem-'eretz-'oyeveykhem

KJV: And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

AKJV: And you shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

ASV: And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

YLT: and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:39

Hebrew

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּכֶם יִמַּקּוּ בּֽ͏ַעֲוֺנָם בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיכֶם וְאַף בַּעֲוֺנֹת אֲבֹתָם אִתָּם יִמָּֽקּוּ׃

vehanishe'ariym-vakhem-yimaqv-va'avnam-ve'aretzot-'oyeveykhem-ve'af-va'avnot-'avotam-'itam-yimaqv

KJV: And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

AKJV: And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

ASV: And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

YLT: `And those who are left of you--they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:40

Hebrew

וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם וְאֶת־עֲוֺן אֲבֹתָם בְּמַעֲלָם אֲשֶׁר מָֽעֲלוּ־בִי וְאַף אֲשֶׁר־הֽ͏ָלְכוּ עִמִּי בְּקֶֽרִי׃

vehitevadv-'et-'avnam-ve'et-'avn-'avotam-vema'alam-'asher-ma'alv-viy-ve'af-'asher-halekhv-'imiy-veqeriy

KJV: If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

AKJV: If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;

ASV: And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

YLT: `And--they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:41

Hebrew

אַף־אֲנִי אֵלֵךְ עִמָּם בְּקֶרִי וְהֵבֵאתִי אֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶם אוֹ־אָז יִכָּנַע לְבָבָם הֶֽעָרֵל וְאָז יִרְצוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽם׃

'af-'aniy-'elekhe-'imam-veqeriy-veheve'tiy-'otam-ve'eretz-'oyeveyhem-'vo-'az-yikhana'-levavam-he'arel-ve'az-yiretzv-'et-'avnam

KJV: And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

AKJV: And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

ASV: I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;

YLT: also I walk to them in opposition, and have brought them into the land of their enemies--or then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the punishment of their iniquity, --

Exposition: Leviticus 26:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:42

Hebrew

וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר׃

vezakharetiy-'et-veriytiy-ya'aqvov-ve'af-'et-veriytiy-yitzechaq-ve'af-'et-veriytiy-'averaham-'ezekhor-veha'aretz-'ezekhor

KJV: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

AKJV: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

ASV: then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

YLT: then I have remembered My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I remember, and the land I remember.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:43

Hebrew

וְהָאָרֶץ תֵּעָזֵב מֵהֶם וְתִרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָ בָּהְּשַׁמָּה מֵהֶם וְהֵם יִרְצוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם יַעַן וּבְיַעַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָסוּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי גָּעֲלָה נַפְשָֽׁם׃

veha'aretz-te'azev-mehem-vetiretz-'et-shavetoteyha-vaheshamah-mehem-vehem-yiretzv-'et-'avnam-ya'an-vveya'an-vemishefatay-ma'asv-ve'et-chuqotay-ga'alah-nafesham

KJV: The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

AKJV: The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lies desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

ASV: The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

YLT: `And--the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed,

Exposition: Leviticus 26:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, an...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:44

Hebrew

וְאַף־גַּם־זֹאת בִּֽהְיוֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם לֹֽא־מְאַסְתִּים וְלֹֽא־גְעַלְתִּים לְכַלֹּתָם לְהָפֵר בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

ve'af-gam-zo't-viheyvotam-ve'eretz-'oyeveyhem-lo'-me'asetiym-velo'-ge'aletiym-lekhalotam-lehafer-veriytiy-'itam-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-'eloheyhem

KJV: And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

AKJV: And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

ASV: And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;

YLT: and also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I loathed them, to consume them, to break My covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God; --

Exposition: Leviticus 26:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:45

Hebrew

וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵֽאתִי־אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם לִהְיֹת לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים אֲנִי יְהוָֽה׃

vezakharetiy-lahem-veriyt-ri'shoniym-'asher-hvotze'tiy-'otam-me'eretz-mitzerayim-le'eyney-hagvoyim-liheyot-lahem-le'lohiym-'aniy-yehvah

KJV: But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

AKJV: But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

ASV: but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.

YLT: then I have remembered for them the covenant of the ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations to become their God; I am Jehovah.'

Exposition: Leviticus 26:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 26:46

Hebrew

אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהַתּוֹרֹת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהַר סִינַי בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

'eleh-hachuqiym-vehamishefatiym-vehatvorot-'asher-natan-yehvah-veynvo-vveyn-veney-yishera'el-vehar-siynay-veyad-mosheh

KJV: These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

AKJV: These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

ASV: These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by Moses.

YLT: These are the statutes, and the judgments, and the laws, which Jehovah hath given between Him and the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

Exposition: Leviticus 26:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.