The Meaning of Leviticus 26:24 Explained

Leviticus 26:24

KJV: Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

YLT: then I have walked -- I also -- with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;

Darby: then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.

ASV: then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then will I also walk  contrary  unto you, and will punish  you yet  seven times  for your sins. 

What does Leviticus 26:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:24 mean?

then will walk also I to you contrary and will punish you yet I sevenfold for your sins
וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י אַף־ אֲנִ֛י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֑רִי וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ גַּם־ אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־ חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם

וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י  then  will  walk 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
אַף־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
עִמָּכֶ֖ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
בְּקֶ֑רִי  contrary 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְרִי  
Sense: opposition, contrariness, encounter, contrary or hostile encounter.
וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י  and  will  punish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
גַּם־  yet 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
שֶׁ֖בַע  sevenfold 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם  your  sins 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.

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