Leviticus 26:40
in Leviticus 26But 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—
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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;
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
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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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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If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִתְוַדּ֤וּ | vehitvadu | and they will confess | H3034 → | 114 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲוֹנָם֙ | ʾavonam | iniquity their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲוֹ֣ן | ʾavon | [the] iniquity of | H5771 → | 233 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּמַעֲלָ֖ם | bemaalam | by unfaithfulness their | H4604 → | 28 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָֽעֲלוּ־ | maalu- | they acted unfaithfully | H4603 → | 36 times |
| בִ֑י | vi | against <the> me | ||
| וְאַ֕ף | veaf | and also | H637 → | 134 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָֽלְכ֥וּ | halekhu | they walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| עִמִּ֖י | ʾimi | with me | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּקֶֽרִי׃ | bekeri | in contrariness | H7147 → | 7 times |
וְהִתְוַדּ֤וּand they will confess
vehitvaduH3034 →114 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲוֹנָם֙iniquity their
ʾavonamH5771 →233 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֲוֹ֣ן[the] iniquity of
ʾavonH5771 →233 times
אֲבֹתָ֔םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
בְּמַעֲלָ֖םby unfaithfulness their
bemaalamH4604 →28 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מָֽעֲלוּ־they acted unfaithfully
maalu-H4603 →36 times
בִ֑יagainst <the> me
vi
וְאַ֕ףand also
veafH637 →134 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָֽלְכ֥וּthey walked
halekhuH1980 →1546 times
עִמִּ֖יwith me
ʾimiH5973 →1050 times
בְּקֶֽרִי׃in contrariness
bekeriH7147 →7 times
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
Proverbs 28:13He 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…
- 1 John 1:8–10
Through
Hosea 5:15Then 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.
- Isaiah 26:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus

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.
