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Version</a></span><br />“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘<i>But</i> if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘But <i>if</i> they confess their wrongdoing and the wrongdoing of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also how they walked in hostility against Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against me, and how they acted with hostility toward me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that because they have walked contrary unto me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors-the treacherous things they did to oppose me-<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Nevertheless, when they confess their iniquity, the iniquity of their ancestors, and their unfaithfulness by which they acted unfaithfully against me by living life contrary to me— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me; and also that because they walked contrary to me, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And [if] they have confessed their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also that they have walked with Me in opposition,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And -- they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, and the transgression which they dealt treacherously against me, and also that they went hostile with me;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Until they confess their iniquities and the iniquities of their ancestors, whereby they have transgressed me, and walked contrary unto me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />until they confess their iniquities, and those of their ancestors, by which they have transgressed against me and walked as adversaries to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors in their treachery against me and in their continued hostility toward me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors, in that they committed treachery against me and, moreover, that they continued hostile to me—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their wickedness with which they transgressed against me, and also that they have walked contrary to me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall confess their evil and the evil of their fathers in the evil that they have done to me; and because they walked with me in contention;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their treachery which they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary unto Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7446" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">God Remembers Those who Repent</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3034.htm" title="3034: wə·hiṯ·wad·dū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To throw, cast. ">But if they will confess</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">their iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wōn (N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">and that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4604.htm" title="4604: bə·ma·‘ă·lām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- An unfaithful or treacherous act. From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin.">in the unfaithfulness</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4603.htm" title="4603: mā·‘ă·lū- (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously.">they practiced</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">against Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">by which</a> <a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: wə·’ap̄ (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">they have also walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/7147.htm" title="7147: bə·qe·rî (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Opposition, contrariness. From qarah; hostile encounter.">in hostility</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">toward Me—</a> </span><span class="reftext">41</span>and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Daniel 9:4-5</a></span><br />And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-6.htm">Nehemiah 1:6-7</a></span><br />let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. / We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></span><br />Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a></span><br />Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></span><br />He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a></span><br />Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6-7</a></span><br />and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. / From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-20.htm">Jeremiah 14:20</a></span><br />We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Isaiah 59:12</a></span><br />For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-19</a></span><br />I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-47.htm">1 Kings 8:47-48</a></span><br />and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’ / and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;</p><p class="hdg">confess</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Numbers 5:7</a></b></br> Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth <i>part</i> thereof, and give <i>it</i> unto <i>him</i> against whom he hath trespassed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29-31</a></b></br> But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find <i>him</i>, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-3</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call <i>them</i> to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, … </p><p class="hdg">and that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Leviticus 26:21,24,27,28</a></b></br> And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/39-41.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-5.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Opposition</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Treachery</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-19.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-2.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/matthew/19-9.htm">Unfaithfulness</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-16.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-45.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-45.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Opposition</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/joshua/22-22.htm">Treachery</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Unfaithfulness</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-7.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Leviticus, confession is a necessary step for the Israelites to restore their covenant relationship with God. This concept is echoed in 1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, where confession leads to forgiveness and cleansing. The Hebrew word for "confess" implies a public admission, indicating the seriousness of the act.<p><b>and that of their fathers</b><br>This phrase highlights the generational aspect of sin and its consequences. The Israelites are called to recognize not only their own sins but also those of their ancestors. This reflects the biblical principle of corporate responsibility, seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where the iniquity of the fathers affects subsequent generations. It underscores the importance of breaking the cycle of sin through confession and repentance.<p><b>in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me</b><br>Unfaithfulness here refers to the Israelites' breach of their covenant with God, often through idolatry and disobedience. This mirrors the spiritual adultery described in the prophets, such as Hosea, where Israel's relationship with God is likened to a marriage. The term "practiced" suggests a habitual pattern of behavior, emphasizing the need for a sincere return to faithfulness.<p><b>by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—</b><br>Walking in hostility indicates a deliberate and ongoing opposition to God's will. This phrase suggests a lifestyle characterized by rebellion, akin to the "walking" imagery used in <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a> to describe one's life path. Hostility towards God is a serious charge, as it implies enmity with the Creator, a theme also found in <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a>, where friendship with the world is equated with enmity against God. This underscores the need for reconciliation through confession and repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of Leviticus, the Israelites are God's chosen people, who are given laws and commandments to follow.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader through whom God delivers His laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God who establishes a relationship with the Israelites and sets forth conditions for blessings and curses.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites receive the laws, including Leviticus, during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_repentance.htm">Confession and Repentance</a></b><br>The act of acknowledging sin and turning back to God, which is central to the restoration process described in this verse.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_confession.htm">The Importance of Confession</a></b><br>Confession is a crucial step in restoring our relationship with God. It involves acknowledging our sins and the sins of our forefathers, recognizing the impact of generational disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_iniquity.htm">Understanding Iniquity</a></b><br>The Hebrew word for iniquity, (avon), implies a deep moral failing or perversity. Recognizing the weight of our iniquity is essential for genuine repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_accountability.htm">Generational Accountability</a></b><br>This verse highlights the concept of generational sin, reminding us that our actions can have lasting effects on future generations. It calls us to break cycles of sin through confession and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_hostility_against_god.htm">Walking in Hostility Against God</a></b><br>The phrase "walked in hostility" suggests a deliberate and ongoing rebellion against God. True repentance requires a change in direction, moving from hostility to harmony with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_restoration.htm">The Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>God's willingness to forgive and restore is a testament to His mercy and grace. Confession opens the door to healing and renewed fellowship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god's_love_persist_despite_israel.htm">How does God's love endure despite Israel's unfaithfulness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god's_goodness_prompt_repentance.htm">Did God command killings in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'sevenfold'_fit_god's_mercy.htm">(Leviticus 26:18) How does the repeated “sevenfold” punishment align with other biblical portrayals of God’s mercy and justice? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_micah_4_8_align_with_zion's_fate.htm">How does Micah 4:8 align with other prophecies about Zion’s future when some passages (e.g., Ezekiel 5) predict destruction rather than restoration? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(40) <span class= "bld">If they shall confess their iniquity.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And they shall confess, </span>that is, when their sufferings have reached this terrible point, the Israelites will realise and confess their iniquities and those of their fathers who have perished in these terrible punishments, on account of their sins, and who are no longer alive to confess their sins themselves. The whole description is present to the Lawgiver's mind; hence the different degrees of the sins, the various stages of the sufferings, and the ultimate penitence of the people are described as passing before our eyes, as if exhibited in a kaleidoscope.<p><span class= "bld">With their trespass which they trespassed against me.--</span>Better, <span class= "ital">because of their trespass that they have, </span>&c., as this phrase is rendered in the Authorised Version in <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm" title="O LORD, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.">Daniel 9:7</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 40-45.</span> - God's pardon will, even yet, as always, follow upon confession of sin and genuine repentance. They must recognize not only that they have sinned, but that their sufferings have been a punishment for those sins at God's hand. This will work in them humble acquiescence in God's doings, and then he will remember his covenant with Jacob, and also his covenant with Isaac, and also his covenant with Abraham, and for the sake of the covenant of their ancestors, he will not east them away, neither will he abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break his covenant with them. Whether Jewish repentance has been or ever will be so full as to obtain this blessing, cannot be decided now. Perhaps it may be the case that all the blessings promised by Moses and by future prophets to repentant and restored Israel are to find their accomplishment in the spiritual Israel, the children of Abraham who is "the father of all them that believe" (<a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11</a>), seeing that "God is able of stones to raise up children unto Abraham" (<a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But if they will confess</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִתְוַדּ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·wad·dū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [that]</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the unfaithfulness</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַעֲלָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ma·‘ă·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4604.htm">Strong's 4604: </a> </span><span class="str2">An unfaithful or treacherous act</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they practiced against Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽעֲלוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘ă·lū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4604.htm">Strong's 4604: </a> </span><span class="str2">An unfaithful or treacherous act</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have also walked</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽלְכ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in hostility</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֶֽרִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qe·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7147.htm">Strong's 7147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Opposition, contrariness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward Me—</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:40 If they confess their iniquity and (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>