Leviticus 26:2 (YLT)

Passage

`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:1 `Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 26:2 `My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Leviticus 26:3 `If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them,

Leviticus 26:4 then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sabbaths", "keep", "sanctuary", "reverence", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sabbaths" and "keep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Ye do not make to yourselves idols..." into verse 3's "If in My statutes ye walk and...", so "sabbaths" and "keep" 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 "sabbaths" and "keep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.