Leviticus 26:2

2 Observe my days of worship and respect my holy tent. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 26:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:2

Ye shall keep my sabbaths
The seventh day sabbaths, and the seventh year sabbaths; especially the former are meant, in which religious worship was given to the one true and living God, and therefore the observance of them is strictly enjoined; and hence this law follows closely upon the former, though Aben Ezra restrains it to the sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, as he applies the sanctuary in the following clause to the jubilee year, which is said to be holy, ( Leviticus 26:12 ) ; supposing that this refers unto and stands in strict connection with the laws of the preceding chapter, concerning the sabbatical, ( Leviticus 25:1-7 ) , and jubilee years, ( Leviticus 25:8-55 ) : and reverence my sanctuary;
by attending in it, and on the worship in it, with reverence and godly fear, see ( Leviticus 19:30 ) ; I [am] the Lord;
who had a right to such religious worship, and to command such things, in which he ought to be obeyed, his sabbaths kept, and sanctuary reverenced.

Leviticus 26:2 In-Context

1 [The LORD continued,] "Never make worthless idols or set up a carved statue or a sacred stone for yourselves. Never cut figures in stone to worship them in your country, because I am the LORD your God.

2 Observe my days of worship and respect my holy tent. I am the LORD.

3 "This is what I will do if you will live by my laws and carefully obey my commands:

4 "I will give you rain at the right time. The land will produce its crops, and the trees in the field will produce their fruit.

5 Threshing time will last until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until planting. You will eat all you want and live securely in your land.