Passage Research
Leviticus 26 — Sermon Preparation
Blessings for obedience and escalating curses for disobedience are listed in detail, ending with a promise that God will remember his covenant if the exiles repent. 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- 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.
“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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