Leviticus 26:3

3 “ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,

Leviticus 26:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
English Standard Version (ESV)
3 "If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands,
The Message Bible (MSG)
3 "If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments,
American Standard Version (ASV)
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
3 "This is what I will do if you will live by my laws and carefully obey my commands:
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 "If you follow My statutes and faithfully observe My commands,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
3 " 'Follow my rules. Be careful to obey my commands.

Leviticus 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:3

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.

Leviticus 26:3 In-Context

1 “ ‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.
2 “ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 26:5; S Exodus 24:8; Deuteronomy 6:17; Deuteronomy 7:12; Deuteronomy 11:13,22; Deuteronomy 28:1,9
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