Leviticus 26:31 BSB

Leviticus 26:31

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

KJV

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And yours emphatically, not mine, for I disown and abhor it, and all the services you do in it, because you have defiled it. I will not smell - Not own or accept them. Your sweet odours - Either of the incense, or of your sacrifices, which when offered with faith and obedience, are sweet and acceptable to me.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

First, Their cities should be waste, forsaken, uninhabited, and all the buildings destroyed; those that escaped the desolations of war should fall to decay of themselves. Secondly, Their sanctuaries should be a desolation, that is, their synagogues where they met for religious worship every sabbath, as well as their tabernacle where they met thrice a year.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֤י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will make	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עָֽרֵיכֶם֙	'a.rei.Khem	cities your	H5892 →
חָרְבָּ֔ה	char.Bah	a waste place	H2723 →
וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י	va.ha.shi.mo.Ti	and I will devastate	H8074 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶ֑ם	mik.de.shei.Khem	sanctuaries your	H4720 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אָרִ֔יחַ	'a.Ri.ach	I will smell	H7306 →
בְּרֵ֖יחַ	be.Rei.ach	<in> [the] odor of	H7381 →
נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם׃	ni.Cho.cha.Khem	soothing your	H5207 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 10:26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:20–22
  If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…
- Hebrews 6:4–6
  It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- John 9:41
  “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- Luke 12:47
  That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- Matthew 12:43–45
  When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Through
Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
  For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- Ephesians 5:2
  and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Through
Ezekiel 9:6
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders…
leads to
- Revelation 9:4
  They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Leviticus