A Study of Leviticus

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Leviticus 26

By: Jim Crews

 

Leviticus 26: 1 - 2

They were not to make any idols, graven images, or any other man-made item to worship. They were to keep the Sabbaths and reverence His sanctuary.

 

Leviticus 26: 3 - 13

God would provide for them if they followed His commandments and walked in the path He laid out for them. He would bring peace to them if they would continue in His Law. No enemy would be able to stand against them, if they remained obedient to Him. He would dwell among them, if they stayed obedient to Him. He has freed them from their physical slavery.

 

Leviticus 26: 14 - 20

If they do not obey Him, He will not do any of these things. He will visit them with panic and disease. Their crops will fail and their enemies will prevail. He will set His face against them, and they will be ruled by those who they hate. If, in spite of this, they continue in disobedience, He will discipline them again, sevenfold for their sins.

 

Leviticus 26: 21 - 22

If they continue in disobedience, He will continue to punish them sevenfold for their sins. Wild beasts would be allowed to torment them, their children, and their livestock.

 

Leviticus 26: 23 - 26

If they still won’t repent, He will bring a sword upon them and execute vengeance for their breaking the covenant. They would be besieged in their cities by their enemies and famine and pestilence would be brought upon them.

 

Leviticus 26: 27 - 33

If they continue in disobedience, He will let them go. They would be besieged so severely that they would eat their own children. All of their idols would be destroyed and cast down. Their dead bodies would be cast upon their dead idols. Their cities would be laid waste and their sanctuaries desolated. God would so devastated their land that their enemies who dwelt in it afterwards would be appalled. They would be scattered among the nations.

 

Leviticus 26: 34 - 39

Following this, the land would enjoy its Sabbaths. God knew that they would do all these things, and He knew they would ignore the Sabbaths for the Land. He is warning their descendants of what will happen. When Josiah found this and read it, He repented and tried to obey again. It was too late, though, and the Israelites were sent into Babylonian captivity so the land could enjoy its Sabbaths.

 

Leviticus 26: 40 - 45

If they would confess their sins and turn back to God, He would return to them. If they were to humble themselves and remember the covenant, He would return to them. Though He was punishing them, He would not forget them when they were in captivity. He will remember the covenant and return a remnant.

 

Leviticus 26: 46

These are the statutes and rules God made on Mt. Sinai.

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Leviticus 27

By: Jim Crews

 

Leviticus 27: 1 - 8

If someone made a vow that involved the valuation of a person, that person was to be valued as God reveals here.  They had to pay the value of the vow, but if they were too poor to afford the value God had placed on them, they could appeal to the priest to have a value placed that they could afford.

 

Leviticus 27: 9 - 13

If someone made a vow involving an animal, that animal was given to God and considered holy. It should not be substituted or exchanged, but if it were, the substituted animal was also to be considered holy along with the original. If it was an unclean animal, the priest valued it as either good or bad. The animal could be redeemed if the person added a fifth to the evaluation.

 

Leviticus 27: 14 - 15

When someone dedicated his house as a holy gift to God, the priest was to evaluate it as good or bad. The house could be redeemed if the person added a fifth to the evaluation.

 

Leviticus 27: 16 - 25

Land dedicated to God was to be evaluated in proportion to its seed potential. The evaluation was subject to its length of time from the Jubilee year. The land could be redeemed if the person added a fifth to its value. The land was to be returned in the Jubilee year, but if the man had sold it, it was to be dedicated to God.

 

Leviticus 27: 26 - 27

Firstborn animals could not be dedicated because they already belonged to God.

 

Leviticus 27: 28 - 29

Nothing someone chose to devote to God could be sold or redeemed. This is evidently different from a simple dedication, since the dedicated things could be redeemed or sold. This includes any person as well.

 

Leviticus 27: 30 - 33

The land that was tithed belonged to God. It could be redeemed if the man added a fifth to its value and paid for it.

 

Leviticus 27: 34

These are the commands God delivered to Israel through Moses on Mt. Sinai.