Leviticus 26:45

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתִּ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצֵֽאתִי־אֹתָם֩ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֗ם לִהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם לֵאלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-zāḵartî lāhem bərît riʾšōnîm ʾăšer hôṣēʾtî-ʾōtām mēʾereṣ miṣrayim ləʿênê haggôyim lihyôt lāhem lēlōhîm ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-zāḵartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will remember
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *bərît*: feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *riʾšōnîm*: masculine plural adjective - former ones/ancestors
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *hôṣēʾtî*-*ʾōtām*: Hiphil perfect 1st person singular + direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I brought them out
• *mēʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ləʿênê*: preposition + construct dual noun - before eyes of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the nations
• *lihyôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to be
• *lēlōhîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - for God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD

Word Meanings

• *zāḵartî*: remember/recall/be mindful of
• *riʾšōnîm*: former ones/ancestors/previous ones
• *hôṣēʾtî*: bring out/lead out/deliver
• *lihyôt*: to be/to become/to exist

Referenced Verses

• Lev 22:33 : 33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
• Lev 25:38 : 38 I 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.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
• Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, 73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
• Rom 11:12 : 12 Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?
• Rom 11:23-26 : 23 And they, if they do not go on without faith, will be united to the tree again, because God is able to put them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs? 25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in; 26 And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
• Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers. 29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
• 2 Cor 3:15-16 : 15 But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart. 16 But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
• Ps 98:2-3 : 2 The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 3 He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
• Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
• Exod 2:24 : 24 And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.
• Exod 6:8 : 8 And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.