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Leviticus 26:31

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

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I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.

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

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the smell of your sweet odors.

26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

What does Leviticus 26:31 mean?

Leviticus 26:31 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָתַן (nâthan), עִיר (ʻîyr), חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh).

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And
I
will
makeנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
your
citiesעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
waste,חׇרְבָּהchorbâh/khor-baw'/H2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
and
bringשָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
your
sanctuariesמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh/mik-dawsh'/H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
unto
desolation,שָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
and
I
will
not
smellרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7306properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
the
savourרֵיחַrêyach/ray'-akh/H7381odor (as if blown)
of
your
sweet
odours.נִיחוֹחַnîychôwach/nee-kho'-akh/H5207properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:31.

Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. a sweet: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction for the imagination: or, through the imagination

Exodus 29:18

And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:41

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Genesis 27:27

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

Isaiah 49:19

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Isaiah 61:4

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Leviticus 1:13

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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What does Leviticus 26:31 say?

Leviticus 26:31 (King James Version) reads: "And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours."

Is Leviticus 26:31 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:31 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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