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Leviticus 26:30 Explained in Context

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Verse 30. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

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This verse destroys high places and piles bodies on lifeless idols.

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  • Leviticus 26:27-39

Use 26:27-39 as the reading frame for Leviticus 26:30. The verse destroys high places and piles bodies on lifeless idols, while the complete unit shows that The final escalations include cannibalism under siege, destroyed worship sites, desolated land, fearful exile, and people wasting in enemy lands for their own and ancestral iniquity.

Why It Needs Context

Leviticus 26:30 destroys high places and piles bodies on lifeless idols; reading it alone would sever that detail from the actors, category, and outcome in Leviticus 26:27-39.

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Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Leviticus 26:27-39 — Further resistance culminates in siege horror, sanctuary ruin, exile, and wasting
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King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: Leviticus 26:27-39, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 26:27-39

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