Leviticus 26:4 (ASV)

Passage

then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Leviticus 26:4 then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "rains", "season", "land", "shall", "yield", "increase", and "trees". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "rains", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "If ye walk in my statutes and..." into verse 5's "And your threshing shall reach unto the...", so "give" and "rains" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "give" and "rains" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.