Leviticus 26:3

New Century Version

"‘If you remember my laws and commands and obey them,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If you walk in my statutes, and keep my mitzvot, and do them;

King James Version
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Lexham English Bible
"‘If you walk in my statutes and you keep my commands and you do them,

New English Translation
"‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

Amplified Bible
'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and [obediently] do them,

New American Standard Bible
'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,

Geneva Bible (1587)
If ye walke in mine ordinances, and keepe my commandements, and doe them,

Legacy Standard Bible
If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to do them,

Contemporary English Version
Faithfully obey my laws,

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am Adonai . Haftarah B'har: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 32:6–27 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'har: Luke 4:16–21; 1 Corinthians 7:21–24; Galatians 6:7–10 [In regular years read with Parashah 32, in leap years read separately] "‘If you live by my regulations, observe my mitzvot and obey them;

Darby Translation
If ye walk in my statutes, and observe my commandments and do them,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Remember my laws and commands, and obey them.

English Standard Version
"If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,

George Lamsa Translation
If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and do them,

Good News Translation
"If you live according to my laws and obey my commands,

Christian Standard Bible®
“If you follow my statutes and faithfully observe my commands,

Literal Translation
If you walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf ye wyll walke now in my statutes, and kepe my commaundementes and do them,

American Standard Version
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Bible in Basic English
If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If ye walke in my ordinaunces, and kepe my commaundementes, & do the:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them;

King James Version (1611)
If ye walke in my Statutes, and keepe my Commandements, and doe them;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If ye will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, and do them,

English Revised Version
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Berean Standard Bible
If you follow My statutes and carefully observe My commandments,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ye gon in myn heestis, and kepen my comaundementis, and doon tho, Y schal yyue to you reynes in her tymes,

Young's Literal Translation
`If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them,

Update Bible Version
If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Webster's Bible Translation
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

World English Bible
If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

New King James Version
"If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,

New Living Translation
"If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,

New Life Bible
If you live by My Laws and do what I say,

New Revised Standard
If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, in my statutes, ye will walk, - And my commandments, ye will observe, and do them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If you walk in my precepts, and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due seasons.

Revised Standard Version
"If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,

THE MESSAGE
"If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments, I will send the rains in their seasons, the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit. You will thresh until the grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting time; you'll have more than enough to eat and will live safe and secure in your land.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,

Contextual Overview

¹ "‘Don't make idols for yourselves or set up statues or memorials. Don't put stone statues in your land to bow down to, because I am the Lord your God. ² "‘Remember my Sabbaths, and respect my Holy Place. I am the Lord . ³ "‘If you remember my laws and commands and obey them, ⁴ I will give you rains at the right season; the land will produce crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. ⁵ Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will continue until it is time to plant. Then you will have plenty to eat and live safely in your land. ⁶ I will give peace to your country; you will lie down in peace, and no one will make you afraid. I will keep harmful animals out of your country, and armies will not pass through it. ⁷ "‘You will chase your enemies and defeat them, killing them with your sword. ⁸ Five of you will chase a hundred men; a hundred of you will chase ten thousand men. You will defeat your enemies and kill them with your sword. ⁹ "‘Then I will show kindness to you and let you have many children; I will keep my agreement with you. ¹⁰ You will have enough crops to last for more than a year. When you harvest the new crops, you will have to throw out the old ones to make room for them.

Bible Verse Review
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Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 11:13-15, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15, Judges 2:1, Judges 2:2, Psalms 81:12-16, Isaiah 1:19, Isaiah 48:18, Isaiah 48:19, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Romans 2:7-10, Revelation 22:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:26 - If thou Leviticus 19:25 - General Leviticus 25:18 - and ye Deuteronomy 7:12 - if Deuteronomy 7:15 - will put none Deuteronomy 11:27 - General Deuteronomy 15:5 - General 1 Kings 2:4 - walk 2 Kings 21:8 - only if they Isaiah 65:23 - shall Jeremiah 7:23 - Obey Jeremiah 11:4 - Obey Haggai 2:19 - from

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord , who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.

Genesis 13:17
Get up! Walk through all this land because I am now giving it to you."

Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 17:8
You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger, but I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants."

Genesis 20:1
Abraham left Hebron and traveled to southern Canaan where he stayed awhile between Kadesh and Shur. When he moved to Gerar,

Genesis 26:1
Now there was a time of hunger in the land, besides the time of hunger that happened during Abraham's life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar to see Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:2
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Don't go down to Egypt, but live in the land where I tell you to live.

Genesis 26:6
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 26:12
Isaac planted seed in that land, and that year he gathered a great harvest. The Lord blessed him very much,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them. Both moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which had been delivered unto them, and now completely recorded in this and the preceding book; for what follow in the two next are chiefly repetitions of what are contained in these.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will.

Leviticus 26:4

Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called in Scripture the former and the latter rain Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Joel 2:23; Hosea 6:3; James 5:7. The former or Autumn rain falls in heavy showers in November and December. In March the latter or Spring rain comes on, which is precarious in quantity and duration, and rarely lasts more than two days.

Leviticus 26:5

Compare the margin reference; Joel 2:19; Job 11:18.

Leviticus 26:8

Five of you shall chase - A proverbial mode of expression for superiority in warlike prowess Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 30:17.

Leviticus 26:9

Establish my covenant - All material blessings were to be regarded in the light of seals of the “everlasting covenant.” Compare Genesis 17:4-8; Nehemiah 9:23.

Leviticus 26:10

Bring forth the old because of the new - Rather, clear away the old before the new; that is, in order to make room for the latter. Compare the margin reference.

Leviticus 26:16

The first warning for disobedience is disease. “Terror” (literally trembling) is rendered trouble in Psalms 78:33; Isaiah 65:23. It seems here to denote that terrible affliction, an anxious temperament, the mental state ever at war with Faith and Hope. This might well be placed at the head of the visitations on a backslider who had broken the covenant with his God. Compare Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 15:8; Proverbs 28:1; Job 24:17; Psalms 23:4.

Consumption, and the burning ague - Compare the margin reference. The first of the words in the original comes from a root signifying to waste away; the latter (better, fever), from one signifying to kindle a fire. Consumption is common in Egypt and some parts of Asia Minor, but it is more rare in Syria. Fevers of different kinds are the commonest of all diseases in Syria and all the neighboring countries. The opposite promise to the threat is given in Exodus 15:26; Exodus 23:25.

Leviticus 26:18

For all this - i. e. for all the afflictions in Leviticus 26:16-17.

Seven times - The sabbatical number is here proverbially used to remind the people of the covenant. Compare Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:24; Psalms 119:164; Proverbs 24:16; Luke 17:4.

Leviticus 26:19, Leviticus 26:20

The second warning is utter sterility of the soil. Compare Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 28:18; Ezekiel 33:28; Ezekiel 36:34-35.

Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:22

The third warning is the multiplication of destructive animals, etc. Compare Deuteronomy 32:24; Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:15; Judges 5:6-7; Isaiah 33:8.

Leviticus 26:23-26

The fourth warning. Yahweh now places Himself as it were in a hostile position toward His people who “will not be reformed” (rather, brought unto God: Jeremiah 2:30). He will avenge the outraged cause of His covenant, by the sword, pestilence, famine, and captivity.

Leviticus 26:26

Omit “and.” “To break the staff of bread,” was a proverbial expression for cutting off the supply of bread, the staff of life (Psalms 105:16; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; compare Isaiah 3:1). The supply was to be so reduced that one oven would suffice for baking the bread maple by ten women for ten families, and when made it was to be dealt out in sparing rations by weight. See 2 Kings 6:25; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 4:9; Ezekiel 5:12; Hosea 4:10; Micah 6:14; Haggai 1:6.

Leviticus 26:27-33

The fifth warning. For Leviticus 26:29 see 2 Kings 6:28-29; Jeremiah 19:8-9; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10, for Leviticus 26:30 see 2 Chronicles 34:3; Ezekiel 6:4; Jeremiah 14:19, for Leviticus 26:31 see 2 Kings 25:9; Psalms 74:6-7 : for Leviticus 26:32-33 see Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalms 44:11; Jeremiah 9:16; Jeremiah 18:16; Ezekiel 5:1-17; Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 9:6; Ezekiel 12:15; Zechariah 7:14.

Leviticus 26:30

High places - There is no doubt that the word here denotes elevated spots dedicated to false worship (see Deuteronomy 12:2), and especially, it would seem, to that of Baal Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17. Such spots were, however, employed and approved for the worship of Yahweh, not only before the building of the temple, but afterward (Judges 6:25-26; Judges 13:16-23; 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 16:5; 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 18:30; 2 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 21:26, etc.). The three altars built by Abraham at Shechem, between Bethel and Ai, and at Mamre, appear to have been on heights, and so was the temple.

The high places in the holy land may thus have been divided into those dedicated to the worship of Yahweh, and those which had been dedicated to idols. And it would seem as if there was a constant struggle going on. The high places polluted by idol worship were of course to be wholly condemned. They were probably resorted to only to gratify a degraded superstition. See Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:2-5. The others might have been innocently used for prayer and religious teaching. But the temptation appears to have been too great for the temper of the people. They offered sacrifice and burnt incense on them; and hence, thorough reformers of the national religion, such as Hezekiah and Josiah, removed the high places altogether 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:5.

Your images - The original word is rendered in the margin of our Bible sun images (2 Chronicles 14:5; Isaiah 17:8; Ezekiel 6:4, etc.). Phoenician inscriptions prove that the word was commonly applied to images of Baal and Astarte, the god of the sun and the goddess of the moon. This exactly explains 2 Chronicles 34:4 following.

Idols - The Hebrew word here literally means things which could be rolled about, such as a block of wood or a lump of dirt. It was no doubt a name given in derision. Compare Isaiah 40:20; Isa 44:19; 2 Kings 1:2.

Leviticus 26:31

Sanctuaries - The holy places in the tabernacle and the temple (Psalms 68:35. Compare Psalms 74:7).

I will not smell the savor ... - See Leviticus 1:9.

Leviticus 26:35

More literally: All the days of its desolation shall it rest that time which it rested not in your Sabbaths while ye dwelt upon it. That is, the periods of rest of which the land had been deprived would be made up to it. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:20-21.

Leviticus 26:38

The land of your enemies shall eat you up - Compare Numbers 13:32; Ezekiel 36:13.

Leviticus 26:39

Iniquity - The meaning here is, in the punishment of their iniquity, and, in the next clause, in the punishment of the iniquity (as in Leviticus 26:41, Leviticus 26:43) of their fathers. In the next verse the same Hebrew word is properly represented by “iniquity.” Our translators have in several places put one of the English words in the text and the other in the margin (Genesis 4:13; Genesis 19:15; 2 Kings 7:9; Psalms 69:27, etc.). The language of Scripture does not make that trenchant division between sin and punishment which we are accustomed to do. Sin is its own punishment, having in itself, from its very commencement, the germ of death. “Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” James 1:15; Romans 2:5; Romans 5:12.

Leviticus 26:40

trespass - The Hebrew word signifies an injury inflicted on the rights of a person, as distinguished from a sin or iniquity regarded as an outrage of the divine law. Every wrong act is of course both a sin and a trespass against God. In this place Yahweh takes the breach of the covenant as a personal trespass.

Leviticus 26:41

Uncircumcised hearts - The outward sign of the covenant might be preserved, but the answering grace in the heart would be wanting (Acts 7:51; Romans 2:28-29; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 9:26; compare Colossians 2:11).

Accept of the punishment of their iniquity - literally, enjoy their iniquity. The word here and in Leviticus 26:43 rendered “accept” in this phrase, is the same as is rendered “enjoy” in the expression “the land shall enjoy her sabbaths” Leviticus 26:34. The antithesis in Leviticus 26:43 is this: The land shall enjoy her sabbaths - and they shall enjoy the punishment of their iniquity. The meaning is, that the land being desolate shall have the blessing of rest, and they having repented shall have the blessing of chastisement. The feelings of a devout captive Israelite are beautifully expressed in Tobit 13:1-18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 26:3. If ye walk in my statutes — For the meaning of this and similar words used in the law, Leviticus 26:15; Leviticus 26:15.