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Leviticus 26:15

26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

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and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:

26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. over: Heb. upon

What does Leviticus 26:15 mean?

Leviticus 26:15 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָאַס (mâʼaç), חֻקָּה (chuqqâh), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh).

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And
if
ye
shall
despiseמָאַסmâʼaç/maw-as'/H3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my
statutes,חֻקָּהchuqqâh/khook-kaw'/H2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
or
if
your
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
abhorגָּעַלgâʻal/gaw-al'/H1602to detest; by implication, to reject
my
judgments,מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
so
that
ye
will
not
doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
all
my
commandments,מִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
but
that
ye
breakפָּרַרpârar/paw-rar'/H6565to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
my
covenant:בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:15.

Leviticus 26:43

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Deuteronomy 8:11

Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

Leviticus 26:44

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, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Deuteronomy 10:13

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

Deuteronomy 5:31

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: go: Heb. pass over

Deuteronomy 6:2

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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What does Leviticus 26:15 say?

Leviticus 26:15 (King James Version) reads: "And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:"

Is Leviticus 26:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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