Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Imamat 26:31

Thus the greatest part of this book deals with the offerings, the laws of the offering itself and of those who perform its rite and of the place where it is to be brought; some commandments are also mentioned incidentally to those dealing with the offerings. Thus at first He commanded concerning the freewill offerings,¹¹Freewill offerings are those which can be brought at any time by any individual. These include: the burnt-offering (Chapter 1), the meal-offering (Chapter 2), and the peace-offering (Chapter 3). On the other hand, the sin-offering (Chapter 4) and the guilt-offering (Chapter 5:14-26) can be brought only to expiate certain sins if committed unintentionally, and therefore are not freewill offerings. and prohibited the eating of fat and blood on account of [mentioning] them.¹²Further, 3:17. Following that He commanded concerning the offerings that are to be brought upon committing a sin,¹³Ibid., Chapters 4-5. and incidentally to these He mentioned the laws of forbidden foods;¹⁴Ibid., Chapter 11. for they defile the person, and he who eats them or touches them must not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the Sanctuary, and if he does go in there [or eat of the hallowed things] while in a state of uncleanness, he has to bring the offering of higher or lower value¹⁵This offering was so called [the offering of higher or lower value] because it did not have to be of one specified kind, but varied in accordance with the means of the transgressor who has to offer it. See in my translation of Rambam’s “The Commandments,” Vol. I, pp. 82-83. which He had already mentioned.¹⁶Further, 5:1-13. After that it was necessary to mention the law of the leper¹⁷Ibid., Chapters 13-14. and the ordinances of the woman in childbirth¹⁸Ibid., Chapter 12. and of the zav¹⁹A man suffering a flux. Ibid., 15:1-15. and zavah,²⁰A woman suffering a flux outside her menstrual period. Ibid., Verses 25-30. in order to tell that they must bring an offering [at the end of the period of their uncleanness], and to warn them further concerning their uncleanness — as He said at the end [of these laws], Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile My Tabernacle that is in the midst of them.²¹Ibid., Verse 31. As a result of mentioning these laws, He warned afterwards about those persons with whom it is forbidden to have sexual relations,²²Ibid., Chapter 18. since association with them defiles, and their sin is called “defilement”²³Ibid., Verse 24: Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things. and brings about the removal of the Divine Glory, and exile.²⁴Ibid., 26:31-32. Besides, he who commits any of these sins [of forbidden sexual relations] unwillfully, must bring the sin-offering which He mentioned already in the verse, And if anyone sin through error.²⁵Ibid., 4:27. Following that He mentioned the commandment of the Sabbath and the appointed seasons of the Eternal²⁶Ibid., Chapter 23. on account of the offerings [which are brought on those days], just as He said, These are the appointed seasons of the Eternal etc. to bring an offering made by fire unto the Eternal.²⁷Ibid., Verse 37. In most of the sections of this book He speaks with reference to the priests: Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons;²⁸Ibid., 22:18. Command Aaron and his sons.²⁹Ibid., 6:2. In the section of Kedoshim³⁰Chapters 19-20. however, there are some commandments addressed to the children of Israel, but most of them are mentioned because of some connection with the offerings or matters similar to them. I will explain them in their place with the help of the Holy One, blessed be He.

And the House that I have sanctified for My Name. There is a condition between Me and you, [that] “If you heed not heed, etc.,” what is stated there? “I will bring your Sanctuaries into desolation.”³Vayikra 26:31.

EXILE COMES TO THE WORLD ON ACOUNT OF IDOLATERS ETC. Murder, as per the verse, “do not bring guilt upon the land… and do not contaminate the land in which you dwell, in whose midst I dwell” (Numbers 35:33-34). Illicit relations, as per the verse “for the people of this land did all of these abominations” (Leviticus 18:27), and the verse “and the land was contaminated, and I visited its iniquity upon it” (Leviticus 18:25), and the verse “and the land will not vomit you out on account of your contaminating it” (Leviticus 18:28). Concerning idolatry, the verse says there “and I will cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols” (Leviticus 26:30), and the verse says “and I will lay waste your holy places and disperse you among the nations” (Leviticus 26:31). The shemitah and yovel years, as per the verse “then shall the land be appeased of its Sabbaths, all the days of its lying desolate with you in the land of your enemies” (Leviticus 26:34), and the verse “all the days of its lying desolate it shall rest” (Leviticus 26:35)”—Talmud, Shabat 33a.

I shall cast from before Me according to the condition between Me and you, viz. (Lev. 26: 14): “But if you do not heed Me.” What does it say there? (verse 31): “And I shall make your sanctuaries desolate.”