Leviticus 26:3 (YLT)

Passage

`If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them,

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;

Leviticus 26:5 and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing-<FI> time<Fi> ; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "statutes", "walk", "commands", "keep", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "statutes" and "walk", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "My sabbaths ye do keep and My..." into verse 4's "then I have given your rains in...", so "statutes" and "walk" 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 "statutes" and "walk" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.