New English Translation
Leviticus 26:3
3“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,
Leviticus 26:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
Context of Leviticus 26:3
1“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God. 2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord. “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, 4I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 5Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:3 word by word
אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:3
- Leviticus 18:4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 11:13Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,
- Deuteronomy 28:1“If you indeed obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.
- Joshua 23:14“Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled!
- Judges 2:1The Lord’s angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my agreement with you,
- Psalms 81:12I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
- Isaiah 1:19If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
- Isaiah 48:18If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
- Matthew 7:24“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
- Romans 2:7eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.
Commentaries on Leviticus 26:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3If ye walk in my statutes - For the meaning of this and similar words used in the law, See the note on Leviticus 26:15.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” 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 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Treaties and covenants had conditions. Israel's blessings depended on the people's obedience to God's terms, to whom they had sworn obedience (Exodus 24:7; Joshua 24:21–22). But the covenant itself was unchangeable (Leviticus 26:44–45; see Romans 11:29). Israel could not cancel it. The people had two choices: obedience, which brought blessings; or rebellion, which brought curses.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-133. If ye walk in my statutes--In that covenant into which God graciously entered with the people of Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings, so long as they continued obedient to Him as their Almighty Ruler; and in their subsequent history that people found every promise amply fulfilled, in the enjoyment of plenty, peace, a populous country, and victory over all enemies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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