Leviticus 26:3-6

3 “ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,
4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.
6 “ ‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.

Leviticus 26:3-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 26

In this chapter, after a repetition of some laws against idolatry, and concerning keeping sabbaths, and reverencing the sanctuary of God, Le 26:1,2; in order to encourage the Israelites to keep the various statutes and commandments in this book, and in the preceding, many promises are made of plenty, and peace, and safety from enemies, and of the presence of God with them, Le 26:3-13; and on the contrary, to such as should despise and break his commandments, the most grievous things are threatened, as diseases of body, destruction by their enemies, barrenness and unfruitfulness of land, the sore judgments of wild beasts, famine, sword, and pestilence, Le 26:14-39; and yet after all, when they should confess their sins, and were humbled for them, the Lord promises to remember the covenant he made with their ancestors, and would deal kindly with them, and not cast them away, and utterly destroy them, Le 26:40-46.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Genesis 26:5; S Exodus 24:8; Deuteronomy 6:17; Deuteronomy 7:12; Deuteronomy 11:13,22; Deuteronomy 28:1,9
  • 2. Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 28:12; Psalms 68:9; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1
  • 3. Job 5:10; Psalms 65:9; Psalms 104:13; Psalms 147:8; Jeremiah 5:24
  • 4. S Exodus 23:26; S Leviticus 25:19; S Job 14:9; Psalms 67:6
  • 5. Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 11:15; Ezekiel 36:29-30; Joel 2:19,26; Amos 9:13
  • 6. S Leviticus 25:18
  • 7. Psalms 29:11; Psalms 37:11; Psalms 85:8; Psalms 147:14; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 54:13; Isaiah 60:18; Haggai 2:9
  • 8. Psalms 3:5; Psalms 4:8; Proverbs 3:24
  • 9. Job 11:18,19; Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 30:10; Micah 4:4; Zephaniah 3:13
  • 10. S ver 22; S Genesis 37:20
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