Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt so you wouldn't have to be slaves to the Egyptians any longer. I smashed the yoke that kept you bent down and helped you to stand up straight.
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In Context
12I shall always be right there with you. I will be your God, and you will be my people.
14But if you don't pay attention to me and do what I tell you;
Cross References
Exodus 14:8The Lord gave Pharaoh, king of Egypt, a stubborn attitude so he chased after the Israelites, who were leaving with their fists raised in triumph.
Leviticus 25:38Remember, I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
Leviticus 25:55For the Israelites belong to me as my slaves. They are my slaves—I led them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
Psalms 116:16Lord, I really am your slave, serving you as my mother served you before me, yet you have set me free.
Isaiah 51:23Instead I will give that cup to the people who tormented you, to those who said to you, “Lie facedown so we can walk all over you.” You had to make your backs like the ground, like a street to be walked on.
Jeremiah 28:2“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 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 →