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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.
Leviticus 26:4 · King James Version
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  • WEB then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  • BSB 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.
  • NKJV then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  • NASB 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.
  • NLT I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

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Quick answer

God promises seasonal rain, abundant harvests, and fruitful trees to an obedient Israel. He is the Giver of every good provision.

Overview

In an agrarian land dependent on rain, timely rains and full harvests were the visible sign of God's favor. These blessings answer the temptation to seek fertility from Canaanite idols like Baal. They remind us that every good gift comes from the Lord, who provides for His people both materially and, supremely, in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Zech 8:12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  • Ps 67:6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
  • Ezek 36:30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
  • Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
  • Deut 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
  • Lev 25:21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
  • Isa 30:23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
  • Deut 11:14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
  • Ezek 34:26–27And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  • Joel 2:23–24Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
  • Ps 85:12Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
  • Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
  • Ps 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
  • Matt 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Job 38:25–28Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
  • Hag 2:18–19Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
  • Ps 65:9–13Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
  • Ps 104:13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
  • Rev 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
  • Jas 5:17–18Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
  • Amos 4:7–8And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
  • Job 37:11–13Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
  • Jas 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
  • Jer 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
  • Isa 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Christ at the center

Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.

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