Leviticus 26:1-20

New American Standard Bible

Blessings of Obedience

26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves ^(A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves ^(B)a carved image or ^(C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a ^(D)figured stone in your land to bow down ^[a]to it; for I am the Lord your God. ²^(E)You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord. ³^(F)If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, ⁴then ^(G)I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. ⁵^(H)Indeed, your threshing season will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. So you will eat your ^[b]food to the full and ^(I)live securely in your land. ⁶^(J)I shall also grant peace in the land, so that ^(K)you may lie down, with no one to make you afraid. ^(L)I shall also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and ^(M)no sword will pass through your land. ⁷Instead, you will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword; ⁸^(N)five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand; and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. ⁹So I will turn toward you and ^(O)make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will ^(P)confirm My covenant with you. ¹⁰And ^(Q)you will eat the old supply, and clear out the old because of the new. ¹¹^(R)Moreover, I will make My ^[c]dwelling among you, and My soul will not ^[d]reject you. ¹²^(S)I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. ¹³^(T)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and ^(U)I broke your yoke and made you walk erect.

Penalties of Disobedience

¹⁴‘^(V)But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, ¹⁵if, instead, you ^(W)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to ^(X)break My covenant, ¹⁶I, in turn, will do this to you: I will ^[e]summon a ^(Y)sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the ^(Z)soul languish; also, ^(AA)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it. ¹⁷And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and ^(AB)those who hate you will rule over you, and ^(AC)you will flee when no one is pursuing you. ¹⁸If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you ^(AD)seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹I will also ^(AE)break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. ²⁰^(AF)Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.