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Leviticus 26:40

in Leviticus 26

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

KJV

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

This verse in Leviticus 26

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).

This site's exposition

If they shall confess their iniquity

on Leviticus 26:40-41

The turn comes on a confession with no sacrifice attached to it, which is worth noticing in a book made of sacrifices. Uncircumcised hearts be humbled asks that the sign cut in the flesh be true of the inward man, language Deuteronomy 30:6 and Jeremiah 4:4 take up and Paul carries to Romans 2:29. Daniel prays this passage back to God at Daniel 9:4-19, confessing the iniquity of the fathers in the last year of the exile.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Remorse and godly sorrow for sin: If their uncircumcised heart be humbled. An impenitent, unbelieving, unhumbled heart, is called an uncircumcised heart, the heart of a Gentile that is a stranger to God, rather than the heart of an Israelite in covenant with him. True circumcision is of the heart ( Rom. ii.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהִתְוַדּ֤וּand they will confess

    vehitvaduH3034114 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • עֲוֹנָם֙iniquity their

    ʾavonamH5771233 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • עֲוֹ֣ן[the] iniquity of

    ʾavonH5771233 times

  • אֲבֹתָ֔םancestors their

    ʾavotamH11212 times

  • בְּמַעֲלָ֖םby unfaithfulness their

    bemaalamH460428 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • מָֽעֲלוּ־they acted unfaithfully

    maalu-H460336 times

  • בִ֑יagainst <the> me

    vi

  • וְאַ֕ףand also

    veafH637134 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • הָֽלְכ֥וּthey walked

    halekhuH19801546 times

  • עִמִּ֖יwith me

    ʾimiH59731050 times

  • בְּקֶֽרִי׃in contrariness

    bekeriH71477 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Proverbs 28:13

    He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 1:8–10

      If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    • Psalms 32:3–5

      When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

    • Job 31:33

      if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

    • Luke 15:18–24

      I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

    • Jeremiah 3:12–13

      Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…

  • Through

    Hosea 5:15

    Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 26:16

      O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

    • Jeremiah 29:12–14

      Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

    • Deuteronomy 4:29–31

      But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.