Leviticus 26:3

The Benefits of Obedience

26:3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, ¹ 

Leviticus 27:17

27:17 If he consecrates his field in the jubilee year, ²  the conversion value will stand,

[26:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and my commandments you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8; 25:18, etc.).

[27:17]  ² tn Heb “from the year of the jubilee.” For the meaning of “jubilee,” see the note on Lev 25:10 above.