Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Leviticus 26

Lev 26:1 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.

Chapter 26. should be read in connection with Deuteronomy 28-30, the Palestinian Covenant.

Lev 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

keep my sabbaths

Law (of Moses). Lev 27:1-34. (Exodus 19:1; Galatians 3:1-29).

Lev 26:6 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.

lie down

Psa 4:8.

I will rid evil beasts out of the land

2Ki 17:25.

Lev 26:8 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.

five of you shall chase an hundred

Deu 32:30; Jdg 7:7, 12; 1Sa 14:14.

Lev 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

I will have respect unto you

2Ki 13:23.

Lev 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

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

2Co 6:16.

Lev 26:17 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.

slain before your enemies

1Sa 4:10; 31:1.

Lev 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

heaven as iron, and your earth as brass

1Ki 17:1.

Lev 26:22 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.

send wild beasts among you

2Ki 17:25; Eze 14:21.

Lev 26:25 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.

send the pestilence among you

Num 16:49; 2Sa 24:15.

Lev 26:26 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.

not be satisfied

Hag 1:6.

Lev 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

eat the flesh of your sons…the flesh of your daughters

2Ki 6:28, 29.

Lev 26:30 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.

destroy your high places

2Ki 23:8, 20.

Lev 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

make your cities waste

2Ki 25:4, 10.

sanctuaries unto desolation

2Ch 36:19.

Lev 26:33 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.

scatter you among the heathen

Psa 44:11.

heathen [See also Lev 26:38, 45.]

Literally, nations.

Lev 26:40 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;

confess their iniquity

1Ki 8:33; Neh 9:2; 1Jo 1:9.

Lev 26:41 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:

uncircumcised hearts be humbled

2Ch 12:6, 7, 12; 1 Pet 5:5, 6.

accept of the punishment of their iniquity

Psa 39:9; 51:3, 4; Dan 9:7.

Lev 26:42 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.

remember my covenant

Psa 106:45.