George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Leviticus 26:3
Due seasons. Before harvest, in spring; and after that in autumn, when they sow their wheat and barley in Palestine. (Calmet)
Due seasons. Before harvest, in spring; and after that in autumn, when they sow their wheat and barley in Palestine. (Calmet)
Verse Leviticus 26:3. _IF YE WALK IN MY STATUTES_] For the meaning of this and similar words used in the law, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:15....
As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the...
5. THE BLESSING, THE CURSE AND ISRAEL'S HISTORY CHAPTER 26 _ 1. Obedience and the blessings (Leviticus 26:1)_ 2. Disobedience and the curse (Leviticus 26:14) 3. The restoration (Leviti
The blessings of obedience: fertility, freedom from wild beasts, victory over enemies, and the presence of Yahweh Himself in the midst. For the first reward, _cf._ Amos 9:13; for the thought in genera...
IF. THEN. Note the four occurrences of "If" and "Then" in this chapter....
_The blessing that shall follow upon obedience_. (Cp. Deuteronomy 28:1-11.)...
2. THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE TO GOD 26:3-13 TEXT 26:3-13 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yiel...
_IF YE WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THEM;_ If ye walk in my statutes. In that covenant into which God graciously entered with the people of Israel, He promised to bestow upon...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and phraseo...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
IF YE WALK IN MY STATUTES. — We have already remarked that this verse begins the section in the Hebrew and ought to have begun the chapter in English. Having set forth the ceremonial and moral injunct...
אִם ־בְּ חֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְ אֶת ־מִצְוֹתַ
THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close to the wh...
THE PROMISES OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:3 "If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them; then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her increase, and...
RESULTS OF OBEDIENCE AND DISOBEDIENCE Leviticus 26:1 There is a vast contrast between the ideal life of the first thirteen verses of this chapter and the remainder; just the distinction which God eve...
In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
Here again it is precious to the believer to remark how a gracious GOD hath secured his people, in the observance of those precepts. Ezekiel 38:23. From Leviticus 26:2, let the Reader observe as he go...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
ITS REPETITION 3._If ye walk in my statutes_. We have now to deal with two remarkable passages, in which he professedly treats of the rewards which the servants of God may expect, and of the punishmen...
Chapter 26. We have a touching picture of the ways of God in patience and in chastisement, if Israel walked contrary to Him. When they acknowledged their fault, then He would remember the covenant mad...
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;...
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Ver. 3. _If ye walk in my statutes._] God's promises are with a condition, which is as an oar in a boat, or stern of a ship, and turn...
_If ye walk in my statutes_, &c. In reward of their obedience, God promises them temporal prosperity in every instance that could render a nation happy. And, first, he assures them they should have fr...
1 Of Idolatry. 2 Religiousnes. 3 A blessing to them that keepe the Commandements. 14 A curse to those that breake them. 40 God promiseth to remember them that repent. 1 YEE shall make you [NOTE: E...
BLESSINGS PROMISED TO THE OBEDIENT...
If ye walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, both the general precepts of the natural law and the special ordinances pertaining to the children of Israel, and do them,...
This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divid...
1-13 This chapter contains a general enforcement of all the laws given by Moses; by promises of reward in case of obedience, on the one hand; and threatenings of punishment for disobedience, on the o...
No text from Poole on this verse....
This chapter requires little in the way of note or exposition. It contains a most solemn and affecting record of the blessings of obedience. on the one hand, and the terrible consequences of disobedie...
Leviticus 26:3 walk H3212 (H8799) statutes H2708 keep H8104 (H8799) commandments H4687 perform H6213 (H8804)...
THE BLESSINGS (LEVITICUS 26:3). Here follow all the blessings that would be theirs if only they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments in their hearts and do them. Leviticus 26:3 “If y...
CONTENTS: Conditions of blessing and warnings of chastisement. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: All adverse circumstances that come upon a people are God's servants, used often as a scourge where...
Leviticus 26:1. _Neither set up any image of stone,_ any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Drew,...
_If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them._ THE ADVANTAGES OF RELIGION IN A NATION’S LIFE I. Wherein a nation’s religious life consists. The recognised presence of God in the...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 26:1 Blessings and Curses. Covenant documents include a list of consequences. Verses Leviticus 26:1 display the blessings if Israel obe
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 26:3__ If the Israelites are faithful to the Word of God, then they will be blessed with abundance, a visible sign of the Lord’s presence. ⇐
Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1.—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religious advant...
PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION. EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary; that is, they...
Chapter twenty-six again God establishes the fact that they are to worship Him. They are not to have idols, or graven images, or standing images, set up any image in the land to bow down to it: for I...
Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 28:1; Isaiah 1:19; Isaiah 48:18;...