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LEVITICUS – LESSON  TWELVE

(Chapters 26-27)

XII. BLESSINGS AND CURSES AND LEGISLATION CONCERNING VOWS (Chapters 26-27)

A. Law concerning idolatry, the sabbaths, and the sanctuary (26:1-2)

B. The blessings of obedience (26:3-13)

 1. Land will produce abundantly.

2. Land will enjoy peace – no fear.

3. Wild beasts to cease from the land.

4. Enemies chased and conquered – few over many.

5. People will multiply.

6. God will walk among them – be their God.  

C. The curses of disobedience (26:14-39)

1. Terror – being physically consumed

2. Enemies eat the seed you sow  – not you who plant.

3. Smitten before you enemies – you will flee when no one is pursuing.

4. If no change – you will suffer “seven times” more.  

5. Land will not produce increase.

6. Wild beasts will destroy children and cattle.

7. People will be made few .

8. Pestilence of sword and famine

9. Desolate land – weak and scattered people

D. The graciousness that ensues upon repentance (26:40-45)

1. God will remember the land.

2. God will remember His covenant with His people – people not rejected nor totally destroyed.

E. Concluding statement of law being given to Moses from Sinai (26:46; 27:34)

F. Appendix – law concerning vows and tithes to God (27:1-33)

            1. Vows dedicating people unto God – their redemption (vs. 2-8)

            2. Vows dedicating animals unto God – their redemption (vs. 9-13)

            3. Vows dedicating houses unto God – their redemption (vs.14-15)

            4. Vows dedicating parts of land unto God – their redemption (vs. 16- 25).

            5. Tithes unto God not redeemed – already belong to God (vs. 16-33)

                a. First born of animals

                b. Devoted things – man, beast, field

                c. Corn and fruits

                d. Flock

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Is God pleased with only WHO we worship, and not HOW we worship?

2. Specifically, how would God’s people prosper in the land if they obeyed God?

3. Why was eating “old store” part of the blessings?

4. How is 26:11-12 fulfilled in the New Testament Christian?  

5. What “terror” would be appointed for the disobedient people?

6. What does being chastised “seven times” mean?

7. How is the curse of famine manifested?

8. How was chapter 26, verse 33  fulfilled?

9. God would be gracious if the people ____________________________________.

10. How was God’s graciousness manifested to such a people?

11. What four persons or things are covered as being vowed unto God?

12. What was the redemption price for a two- month- old son dedicated unto God?

13. Could  and unclean beast be vowed unto God ?

14. What was the price paid for redeeming one’s house that was sanctified to God?

15. How was a piece of land valued when being dedicated unto God ?

16. What could not be redeemed?

17. Who is the “devoted” man whom cannot be redeemed?

18. Could one redeem his tithe?

19. From where did God give Moses the Law?