Leviticus 26:3

If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel at Sinai, placing this stipulation between the command to observe Sabbaths and revere the sanctuary (Leviticus 26:2) and the promise of seasonal rains and harvest (Leviticus 26:4).

The words — The text states תֵּלֵכוּ (telechu), literally “you will walk,” and מִצְוֹתַי (mitzvotay), “My commandments,” to describe sustained, active obedience rather than a single act.

The thread — This conditional structure of obedience preceding blessing repeats in Deuteronomy 28:1, Deuteronomy 11:13, and Isaiah 1:19. Each passage links faithful compliance with covenant stipulations to tangible divine provision.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to treat covenant obedience as a continuous practice that precedes and secures divine blessing. It demands practical alignment with stated statutes before expecting promised outcomes.

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The Hebrew words

אִם־'im-if בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖יbe./chu.ko.Ta/iin/ statutes/ my תֵּלֵ֑כוּte.Le.khuyou will walk וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>מִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.Ta/icommandments/ my תִּשְׁמְר֔וּtish.me.Ruyou will keep וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva./'a.si.Temand/ you will do אֹתָֽם׃'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them

King James Version

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
Deuteronomy 11:13 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Romans 2:7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Deuteronomy 7:12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
Leviticus 18:4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.