Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Leviticus 26:1-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. I am the Lord your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

2. Respect the Sabbath and honour the place where I am worshipped, because I am the Lord.

3. Faithfully obey my laws,

4. and I will send rain to make your crops grow and your trees produce fruit.

5. Your harvest of grain and grapes will be so abundant, that you won't know what to do with it all. You will eat and be satisfied, and you will live in safety.

6. I will bless your country with peace, and you will rest without fear. I will wipe out the dangerous animals and protect you from enemy attacks.

7. You will chase and destroy your enemies,

8. even if there are only five of you and a hundred of them, or only a hundred of you and ten thousand of them.

9. I will treat you with such kindness that your nation will grow strong, and I will also keep my promises to you.

10. Your barns will overflow with grain each year.

11. I will live among you and never again look on you with disgust.

12. I will walk with you—I will be your God, and you will be my people.

13. I am the Lord your God, and I rescued you from Egypt, so that you would never again be slaves. I have set you free; now walk with your heads held high.

14-15. If you disobey me and my laws, and if you break our agreement,

16. I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant,

17. and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

18. Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins,