If you are looking for Leviticus 26 Bible study questions, this set is built for a small group, a Sunday class, or a quiet personal study. Leviticus 26 sets out the blessings God promises to Israel if they keep his statutes, and the warnings of discipline if they turn away, ending with a promise of restoration. The questions below move from what the chapter says, to what it means, to how it shapes daily life.
Leviticus 26 at a Glance
The chapter opens with a command to avoid idols and keep the Sabbaths, then describes the blessings of rain, harvest, peace and God’s presence among the people. Verses 14 through 39 turn to warnings, escalating step by step, from fear and failed crops to exile. The chapter closes with a turn toward mercy: if the people confess and humble their hearts, God will remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Observation Questions
Use these questions first, before anyone offers an opinion. Ask the group to point to the exact words in the text, and let them read the verses aloud before answering. Keep the focus on what is written, not on what people wish it said.
Leviticus 26:1
“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
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Read this verse first to set the chapter’s central concern: wholehearted devotion to the Lord alone. It frames everything that follows, so it makes a clear starting point for the group.
Leviticus 26:3-4
3 “‘If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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This short passage states the condition and the promise together, showing that God’s blessings flow from a life lived in his ways. Reading it aloud helps the group hear the link between obedience and provision.
Leviticus 26:11-12
11 I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you. 12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
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These verses express the heart of the covenant relationship: God dwelling among his people and claiming them as his own. They are often a moment of quiet warmth in the chapter and are worth lingering over.
Leviticus 26:40-42
40 “‘If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me, 41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity; 42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
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Here the chapter turns toward hope, describing confession, humility, and God’s remembrance of his covenant. Reading this passage in full helps the group see that the story of judgment ends in mercy.
Leviticus 26:44-45
44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God; 45 but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.’”
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The chapter closes its warnings with a striking declaration that God will not reject his people even in exile. Ending the reading here gives the group a strong sense of God’s faithfulness.
Memory Verse for Leviticus 26
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
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This verse captures the chapter’s central promise in one line: God walks among his people and claims them as his own. It is a short, clear verse that a group member can carry into the week as a reminder of God’s nearness.
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we come before you as people who have often wandered from your ways, and we thank you that you remember your covenant. Thank you for walking among us and calling us your own. Search our hearts where we have trusted other things in place of you, and give us the humility to confess what is true. Help us to keep your Sabbaths, honor your presence, and rest in your faithfulness. Keep us together in this group, so that we may encourage one another as we return to you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
