Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God: who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, that you should not serve them, and who have broken the chains of your necks, that you might go upright.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
14But if you will not hear me, nor do all my commandments,
Cross References
Exodus 14:8And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel: but they were gone forth in a mighty hand.
Leviticus 25:38I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.
Leviticus 25:55For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.
Psalms 116:16O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
Isaiah 51:23And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.
Jeremiah 28:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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 →