The Blessings of Obedience

261 'You shall not make for yourselves idols , nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar , nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God . 2 ' You shall keep My sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary ; I am the Lord . 3 ' If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, 4 then I shall give you rains in their season , so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit . 5 ' Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering , and grape gathering will last until sowing time . You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land . 6 ' I shall also grant peace in the land , so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble . I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land , and no sword will pass through your land . 7 'But you will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword ; 8 five of you will chase a hundred , and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand , and your enemies will fall before you by the sword . 9 'So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you. 10 ' You will eat the old supply and clear out the old because e of the new . 11 ' Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. 12 ' I will also walk among you and be your God , and you shall be My people . 13 ' I am the Lord your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves , and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 26:1-13

Commentary on Leviticus 26:1-13

(Read Leviticus 26:1-13)

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 other. While Israel maintained a national regard to God's worship, sabbaths, and sanctuary, and did not turn aside to idolatry, the Lord engaged to continue to them temporal mercies and religious advantages. These great and precious promises, though they relate chiefly to the life which now is, were typical of the spiritual blessings made sure by the covenant of grace to all believers, through Christ. 1. Plenty and abundance of the fruits of the earth. Every good and perfect gift must be expected from above, from the Father of lights. 2. Peace under the Divine protection. Those dwell in safety, that dwell in God. 3. Victory and success in their wars. It is all one with the Lord to save by many or by few. 4. The increase of their people. The gospel church shall be fruitful. 5. The favour of God, which is the fountain of all Good. 6. Tokens of his presence in and by his ordinances. The way to have God's ordinances fixed among us, is to cleave closely to them. 7. The grace of the covenant. All covenant blessings are summed up in the covenant relation, I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and they are all grounded upon their redemption. Having purchased them, God would own them, and never cast them off till they cast him off.