YE refers to any Israelites sold to heathen masters, who hence were in danger of being tempted to idolatry, while in this servitude. IDOLS. non-entities. Heb, _'elilim_. clay or terra cotta "gods". Compare 1 Corinthians 8:4. Occurs only once more in Pentateuch, Leviticus 19:4. GRAVEN IMAGE. Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. THEN. Note the four occurrences of "If" and "Then" in this chapter.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. See note on "If", Leviticus 26:3 above. RAIN. Hebrew rains: i.e. the early and latter rains. Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 28:12.Jeremiah 14:22.Deuteronomy 32:2.Psalms 72:6. INCREASE. produce, sustenance. Heb _yebul._ See notes on Leviticus 25:7;... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE, or prosperity. RID EVIL BEASTS. Compare Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 34:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENEMIES. foes. First occurrence in Leviticus.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE. See App-10, this promise enlarged in Deuteronomy 32:30; Joshua 23:10. Compare 2 Samuel 23:8 2 Samuel 23:18. 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 11:18; Isaiah 30:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE RESPECT. turn unto you, as rendered in Ezekiel 46:9. the only other place where this form occurs.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE. habitation. Hebrew. _mishkan._ App-40. MY SOUL. Myself, or I. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALK. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia,_ App-6. or, literally, as in Eden. See Genesis 3:8. App-4. Quoted 2 Corinthians 6:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROKEN BROKEN IN PIECES. Hebrew. _shabar,_ as in verses: Leviticus 26:19; Leviticus 26:26. not _parar,_ as in verses: Leviticus 26:15; Leviticus 26:24. UPRIGHT. The yoke makes the wearer stoop. The above structure shows God's fivefold _threatening_ for disobedience. We have the fivefold _execution_... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR SOUL. you (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BREAK. violate. Hebrew. _parar,_ break asunder, as in Leviticus 26:46. not _shabar,_ as in verses: Leviticus 26:13; Leviticus 26:19; Leviticus 26:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNING AGUE. Probably. fever. CONSUME THE EYES. causing the sight to fail. HEART. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. REIGN. rule.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. Hebrew, plural of _'avon._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Genitive of cause, the power being the cause of the pride. your great pride. Compare Ezekiel 30:6. So Ezekiel 24:21, where the sense is lost in Authorized Version by the rendering "the excellency of your strength".... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE LAND. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "of the field".... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTRARY. First occurrence, and only in this chapter (seven times).... [ Continue Reading ]
WILD BEASTS. These abounded in Palestine. (Deuteronomy 32:24; 2 Kings 17:25.Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 13:22.Ezekiel 14:10, &c.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I. I also. GATHERED TOGETHER. withdrawn or escaped to (compare Jeremiah 21:6; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 7:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
BROKEN THE STAFF OF YOUR BREAD. Figure of speech _Metalepsis_ (App-6), bread being put for the support it gives, and staff which it is; and the breaking of the staff put for the cutting off the supply. Compare Isaiah 3:1.Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13.Psalms 105:16. TEN. Supply _Ellipsis_... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGH PLACES: used for idolatrous worship (Numbers 22:41; Numbers 33:52.Deuteronomy 12:2.Joshua 13:17 (margin). Thus showing the helplessness of the gods worshipped. IMAGES. Hebrew. _hammanim,_ sun-idols. Compare Leviticus 26:1; 2 Chronicles 34:4. This was prophetic. CARCASES. Figure of speech _Cata... [ Continue Reading ]
SANCTUARIES, or holy places. Some codices, with one printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Syriac, read the singular "sanctuary". SMELL. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. ODOURS. Compare Isaiah 11:3 (margin).... [ Continue Reading ]
I. Emphatic. I myself.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENJOY. Figure of speech _Prosopopatheia._ App-6. Compare Leviticus 18:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
REST. Figure of speech _Prosopopatheia._ App-6. Compare Jeremiah 34:17; 2 Chronicles 36:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew " _avah_, App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THEY SHALL CONFESS. This is the one abiding condition for national blessing and restoration. TRESPASS... TRESPASSED. Hebrew. _maal._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB. This is the only place where the order of the three Patriarchs is inverted.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR SOUL. they. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C. Compare Deuteronomy 4:31; 2 Kings 13:23.Romans 11:1; Romans 11:2; Romans 11:28; Romans 11:29. I AM THE LORD. Compare Psalms 144:15; Psalms 33:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. Hebrew sons. IN MOUNT SINAI: thus concluding with the words with which this section began in Leviticus 25:1.... [ Continue Reading ]