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Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses the Israelites as part of a covenant blessing sequence, following the condition in Leviticus 26:3 to obey His statutes and commandments.
The words — נָתַתִּי (na.ta.Ti) means "I will give" and גִשְׁמֵיכֶם (gish.mei.Khem) means "your rains," establishing the divine source and specific recipients of the promised agricultural provision.
The thread — This covenantal promise of seasonal rainfall and abundant harvest recurs in Zechariah 8:12, Psalm 67:6, and Isaiah 30:23.
Why it lands — The text asserts that obedience triggers tangible, seasonal provision rather than abstract spiritual reward. It requires the reader to recognize agricultural blessing as a direct covenantal outcome, not a natural certainty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 8:12 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- Psalms 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- Leviticus 25:21 But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
- Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
- Job 5:10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
- Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- Ezekiel 36:30 I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
- Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.