Leviticus 26:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 Ever present in your midst, I will be your God, and you will be my people; 13 I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be their slaves no more, breaking the bars of your yoke and making you walk erect.(A)
The Punishment of Disobedience.[a] 14 (B)But if you do not heed me and do not keep all these commandments,
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- 26:14–46 To encourage obedience, the list of punishments is longer than the blessings (cf. a similar proportion in Dt 28). The punishments are presented in waves (vv. 14–17, 18–20, 21–22, 23–26, 27–39), one group following another if the people do not return to obedience. Punishments involve sickness, pestilence, agricultural failure and famine, attack of wild animals, death of the people’s children, destruction of illicit and even licit cults, military defeat, panic, and exile.
Leviticus 26:12-14
New International Version
12 I will walk(A) among you and be your God,(B) and you will be my people.(C) 13 I am the Lord your God,(D) who brought you out of Egypt(E) so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke(F) and enabled you to walk with heads held high.
Punishment for Disobedience
14 “‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,(G)
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