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Leviticus 26:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. "
Leviticus 26:31
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And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
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
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 bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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Leviticus 26:1
"Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God."
Leviticus 26:2
"Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 26:3
"If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do"
Leviticus 26:4
"Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit."
Leviticus 26:5
"And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely."
Leviticus 26:6
"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 out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land."
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