Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt so that you might not be servants to them; by me the cords of your yoke were broken and I made you go upright.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
12And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.
14But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;
Cross References
Exodus 14:8And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.
Leviticus 25:38I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
Leviticus 25:55For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 116:16O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
Isaiah 51:23And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.
Jeremiah 28:2These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:2-14
Promises. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall… Read the whole commentary →