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Leviticus 26:2

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Leviticus 26:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 26:2 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
2Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, etc.] The seventh day sabbaths, and the seventh year sabbaths; especially the former are meant, in which religious worship was given to the one true and living God, and therefore the observance of them is strictly enjoined; and hence this law follows closely upon the former, though Aben Ezra restrains it to the sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, as he applies the sanctuary in the following clause to the jubilee year, which is said to be holy, (<032612>Leviticus 26:12); supposing that this refers unto and stands in strict connection with the laws of the preceding chapter, concerning the sabbatical, (<032501>Leviticus 25:1-7), and jubilee years,…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary--Very frequently, in this Book of the Law, the Sabbath and the sanctuary are mentioned as antidotes to idolatry.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“My sanctuary - By purging and preserving it from all uncleanness, by approaching to it and managing all the services of it with reverence, and in such manner only as God hath appointed. Leviticus 26:4”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Lev 19:30 Leviticus 26:3”
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