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Leviticus 26:42 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 42. 42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
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Quick Meaning
This verse promises remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land.
Read It With
- Leviticus 26:40-46
Read through 26:40-46 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 26:42 promises remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land; the whole unit establishes this: Confession names personal and ancestral unfaithfulness, accepts covenant opposition, and leads to God's remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land without destroying or rejecting Israel utterly.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This unit follows at this point to define confession and humbled hearts meet remembered covenant before the book turns to the next offering, priestly act, status distinction, social command, calendar movement, land case, covenant warning, or vow rule. Within that movement, this verse promises remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land.
Follow the Context
- The unit opens the case or movement named “Confession and humbled hearts meet remembered covenant.”
- Confession names personal and ancestral unfaithfulness, accepts covenant opposition, and leads to God's remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land without destroying or rejecting Israel utterly.
- Remembered covenant does not erase restitution, and Christian readers must not claim Israel is rejected or replaced. That boundary keeps ritual status, moral guilt, ancient description, enduring truth, and modern application from being collapsed.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Leviticus 26:42 does not stand apart from Leviticus 26:40-46; remembered covenant does not erase restitution, and Christian readers must not claim Israel is rejected or replaced.
What Remains True
Promises remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land. Within Leviticus 26:40-46, this contributes to the larger claim that confession names personal and ancestral unfaithfulness, accepts covenant opposition, and leads to God's remembrance of Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, and the land without destroying or rejecting Israel utterly.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 26:42, keep the verse inside Leviticus 26:40-46. Hold this boundary: Remembered covenant does not erase restitution, and Christian readers must not claim Israel is rejected or replaced. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain Leviticus 26:42's contribution to Leviticus 26:40-46. Name the category involved, what the surrounding verses add, any material uncertainty, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 26:40-46 — Confession and humbled hearts meet remembered covenantSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Interpreters disagree over treaty parallels, compositional setting, the difficult term qeri, historical referents, the relation of individual and corporate responsibility, and how later Jewish and Christian communities receive covenant sanctions. Confidence is highest in the chapter's escalating rhetoric and final remembered-covenant turn.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Leviticus 26:40-46, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
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NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
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Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 26:40-46
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