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Leviticus 26 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Leviticus 26, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Leviticus 26 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אֹיֵב ʼôyêb H341 13 hating, adversary
קְרִי qᵉrîy H7147 7 hostile encounter
נָתַן nâthan H5414 14 give, put
שָׁמֵם shâmêm H8074 7 stun, grow numb
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth H1285 8 compact
רָדַף râdaph H7291 7 run after, gone by
גָּעַל gâʻal H1602 5 detest, reject

How preachers through history handled this text

10 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 1

“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 things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience by the things they suffer, God himself would be against them; and this is the root and cause of all their misery. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Leviticus 26:14–39 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Lev 26:13
  • Mount Sinai — Lev 26:46

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