Leviticus 26

“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD .” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;” The line’s distinctive content terms include commandments, keep, statutes. Its relationship to verses 2 and 4 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“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…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I…” Naming Egypt keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;” The line’s distinctive content terms include commandments, hearken. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.” The number seven makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:” The line’s distinctive content terms include brass, break, earth. Its relationship to verses 18 and 20 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you…” The number seven makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;” The line’s distinctive content terms include contrary, reformed, walk. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.” The number seven makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;” The line’s distinctive content terms include contrary, hearken, walk. Its relationship to verses 26 and 28 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.” The number seven makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your…” The line’s distinctive content terms include cities, desolation, odours. Its relationship to verses 30 and 32 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their…” The line’s distinctive content terms include accept, contrary, enemies. Its relationship to verses 42 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount…” Naming Israel and Moses keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.