Leviticus 26:13
in Leviticus 26I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
KJV
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out
The blessings close where the nation started, at the exodus. The bands of the yoke are the crossbars that hold a yoke down on the neck of an ox, and breaking them is what lets the animal lift its head. Made you go upright is the last phrase of the section, so the posture of a free man is where the whole list of blessings lands.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
I am the Lord your Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,....
Not sins of ignorance and infirmity; God had provided sacrifices for those. Not the sins they repented of and forsook; but the sins that were presumptuously committed, and obstinately persisted in.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
This means that My conduct with you will be well-known, as when a monarch walks in the midst of his army, supplying them with all their needs.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֞י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הוֹצֵ֤אתִי | hotzeti | I brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| מִֽהְיֹ֥ת | mihyot | from being | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| עֲבָדִ֑ים | ʾavadim | slaves | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ | vaeshbor | and I broke | H7665 → | 147 times |
| מֹטֹ֣ת | motot | [the] bars of | H4133 → | |
| עֻלְּכֶ֔ם | ʾulekhem | yoke your | H5923 → | |
| וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ | vaolekh | and I made walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃ פ | komiyut | upright | H6968 → |
אֲנִ֞יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֣ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הוֹצֵ֤אתִיI brought out
hotzetiH3318 →1067 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
מִֽהְיֹ֥תfrom being
mihyotH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
עֲבָדִ֑יםslaves
ʾavadimH5650 →799 times
וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙and I broke
vaeshborH7665 →147 times
מֹטֹ֣ת[the] bars of
mototH4133 →
עֻלְּכֶ֔םyoke your
ʾulekhemH5923 →
וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְand I made walk
vaolekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃ פupright
komiyutH6968 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
- Leviticus 19:36
You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 5:6
Through
Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
it leads to
- Psalms 86:16
Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
- Psalms 86:16
Through
Ezekiel 34:27The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:8
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Jeremiah 30:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.