Leviticus26:1–13

The blessing of the obedient → the blessing of the restored flock (Ezekiel 34) structural / thematic — confirmed

The prophet Ezekiel re-uses this chapter almost as a quarry. The Pulpit Commentary lays the parallels side by side phrase for phrase: the rain in season, the tree of the field yielding its fruit, the earth her increase, the covenant of peace, the evil beasts made to cease, a people that dwells safely and “none shall make them afraid.” The Verifier records the shared agricultural lexemes for v. 4 — H2981 yəḇûl (produce, rare, 13 vv), H6529 pərî (fruit), H6086 ʿêts (tree), H7704 sâdeh (field) — a structural/thematic reuse of the same vocabulary, no quotation claimed. What Leviticus promises to an obedient nation, Ezekiel re-promises as sheer restoring grace to a scattered flock.

Leviticus 26:4 · Leviticus 26:6 · Ezekiel 34:25 · Ezekiel 34:27

basis: Hebrew↔Hebrew shared agricultural lexemes (Verifier): H2981 yᵉbûwl (13 vv), H6529 pᵉrîy (107 vv), H6086 ʻêts (288 vv), H7704 sâdeh (309 vv); for v. 6 ↔ Ezek 34:25 shared H7965 shâlôwm, H2416 chay, H7451 raʻ, H7673 shâbath — shared pattern/motif, no quotation

“I broke the bars of your yoke” ↔ Ezekiel 34:27 verbal / quotation — confirmed

The closing image of emancipation — God shattering the yoke-bars so the slave walks upright — returns in Ezekiel 34:27 in the same rare words. The Verifier flags H4133 môwṫâh (the yoke-pole, only 10 verses) together with H5923 ʿôl (yoke, 34 vv) and H7665 šâbar (to burst) shared between the two verses — the rarity of môwṫâh lifts this above mere motif to a recorded verbal link. K&D and Ellicott both cite Ezekiel 34:27 at this verse. Leviticus grounds the promise in the past Exodus; Ezekiel projects the same broken yoke into the future restoration.

Leviticus 26:13 · Ezekiel 34:27

basis: Hebrew↔Hebrew rare shared lexeme (Verifier): H4133 môwṭâh — yoke-pole, only 10 vv — with H5923 ʻôl (34 vv) and H7665 shâbar (142 vv); the low frequency of môwṭâh marks a verbal link, not a generic motif

Old store and new ↔ Song of Solomon 7:13 verbal / quotation — confirmed

The picture of granaries so full the old must be carried out before the new (v. 10) shares its exact word-pair with the lover's storehouse in Song of Solomon 7:13: “all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old.” The Verifier records H3465 yâshân (old) — a rare word, only 5 verses in the whole Hebrew Bible — with H2319 châdâsh (new). The rarity of yâshân makes this a genuine verbal contact, not coincidence. Both texts use overflowing, layered abundance as a figure of covenant love; Maclaren preaches v. 10 toward exactly that wider reach — “better promises and larger thoughts than they originally carried.”

Leviticus 26:10 · Song of Solomon 7:13

basis: Hebrew↔Hebrew rare shared lexeme (Verifier): H3465 yâshân — “old,” only 5 vv — paired with H2319 châdâsh (48 vv); the low frequency of yâshân marks a verbal contact, not a generic theme

“Five shall chase a hundred” — the proverb that can curse (Deuteronomy 32:30) structural / thematic — confirmed

The proverb of v. 8 is double-edged. Here, on the obedient, a handful routs a host; but K&D note it is “repeated in the opposite sense and in an intensified form in Deuteronomy 32:30” — where, on the disobedient, “one chases a thousand” of Israel. The Verifier records the shared lexemes H7233 rᵉbâbâh (myriad, 16 vv) and H7291 râdaph (to pursue) between the two — a structural reuse of one formula to opposite ends. The same God, the same proverb; only the “If” of v. 3 decides which way it cuts.

Leviticus 26:8 · Deuteronomy 32:30 · Isaiah 30:17

basis: Hebrew↔Hebrew shared lexemes (Verifier): H7233 rᵉbâbâh (16 vv), H7291 râdaph (135 vv) — same numerical proverb redeployed; pattern/motif, no quotation claimed

“I will dwell among you… walk among you” → 2 Corinthians 6:16 structural / thematic — confirmed

The covenant formula of vv. 11–12 — God's dwelling and walking in the midst, “I will be your God, and you shall be My people” — is quoted by Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:16 as the ground of the Church's holiness. Ellicott and the Pulpit Commentary both flag the citation at v. 12. Because this is a cross-Testament link (Greek New Testament ↔ Hebrew), it cannot rest on shared Strong's numbers — the Verifier finds no shared original-language lexeme and so returns no verbal basis; the connection is the apostle's explicit conflated citation of Leviticus 26:11–12 (with Ezekiel 37:27). It is tiered structural/thematic for that reason, the surest of cross-Testament links but, by rule, never “verbal.”

Leviticus 26:11 · Leviticus 26:12 · 2 Corinthians 6:16

basis: Cross-Testament (Greek↔Hebrew): no shared Strong's possible across languages (Verifier returns no shared lexeme); link is Paul's explicit citation of the covenant formula in 2 Cor 6:16 — named by Ellicott and the Pulpit Commentary. Tiered structural, not verbal, because cross-Testament

“Figure-stone” forbidden ↔ Numbers 33:52 verbal / quotation — confirmed

The third class of idol-object in v. 1, the rare maśkît (“figure-stone”), is named again only a handful of times in Scripture, and one of them is the conquest-command of Numbers 33:52: destroy their maśkît, their figured stones. The Verifier records H4906 maskîyth (only 6 verses) shared between the two — a rare lexeme, so a genuine verbal link. K&D explicitly cross-references Numbers 33:52 here. What Leviticus forbids Israel to make, Numbers commands Israel to break down in the land they enter.

Leviticus 26:1 · Numbers 33:52

basis: Hebrew↔Hebrew rare shared lexeme (Verifier): H4906 maskîyth — “figure-stone,” only 6 vv in the Hebrew Bible; the rarity marks a verbal link, and K&D cites Num 33:52 at this verse

The Tabernacle that became flesh ancient/widely-held

The crowning blessing of the obedient is not produce or peace but presence: “I will set my dwelling place (miškān) among you… and I will walk among you” (vv. 11–12). The public-domain voices read this forward to Christ without strain. Gill: “the tabernacle being a type and emblem of the human nature of Christ, in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, and is the true tabernacle which God pitched and not man, John 1:14.” The Pulpit Commentary hears the same note answered in Revelation 21:3, “the tabernacle of God is with men.” The word John 1:14 chooses — the Word “tabernacled” (eskēnōsen) among us — is the Greek for pitching exactly this tent. The promise of Leviticus is fulfilled when God dwells not merely among His people but as one of them.

Leviticus 26:11 · Leviticus 26:12 · 2 Corinthians 6:16

From broken yoke to the rest that remains widely-held

The chapter ends with emancipation: God broke the bars of the yoke and made a stooped, enslaved people walk upright (v. 13). Maclaren, preaching this verse, draws the whole gospel out of it: “the great central word of the New Testament has been drawn from it, viz. ‘redemption,’ i.e. a buying out of bondage.” The Exodus that frees Israel from Egypt's yoke is the standing type of the greater deliverance — Christ who says “take my yoke upon you… and you will find rest” (Matthew 11:29), and whose redemption sets the slave of sin to walk upright and free. The literal broken yoke of v. 13 is the figure; the freedom Christ gives is the substance.

Leviticus 26:13

Every promise of God is Yes in Him widely-held

Matthew Henry sees the whole chapter, even its temporal mercies, as “typical of the spiritual blessings made sure by the covenant of grace to all believers, through Christ” — and the Geneva annotator says the abundance is given expressly to “stir the mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings.” This is the apostolic reading: in Christ every promise of God finds its Yes and Amen (2 Corinthians 1:20). The rain, bread, peace, increase, and presence of Leviticus 26 are not abolished but gathered up and guaranteed in the One who keeps the covenant Israel could not. Held honestly (⚙): the danger is over-allegorizing literal grain into spiritual abstraction; the safer claim is the one Henry and Geneva make — the earthly gifts were real, and they were also, by God's design, signs that point past themselves to Christ.

Leviticus 26:4 · Leviticus 26:9 · Leviticus 26:12